Associations to the word «Truncation»
Noun
- Permutation
- Polygon
- Deletion
- Vertex
- Mutation
- Geometry
- Cube
- Error
- Hilbert
- Approximation
- Polynomial
- Terminus
- Indexing
- Digit
- Waveguide
- Dual
- Phenotype
- Iteration
- Dover
- Spacing
- Lattice
- Diffraction
- Degenerate
- Integer
- Fourier
- Prefix
- Insertion
- Initial
- Erosion
- Substitution
- Mesh
- Zero
- Routing
- Ligand
- Grid
- Freeway
- Termination
- Computation
- Protein
- Distortion
- Domain
- Sequence
- Notation
- Residue
- Boundary
- Conway
- Offset
- Subunit
- Amplitude
- Impairment
- Insert
- Alteration
- Peptide
- Sampling
- Precision
- Equation
- Output
- Ieee
- Calculation
- Ny
- Solid
Adjective
Wiktionary
TRUNCATION, noun. The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
TRUNCATION, noun. (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
TRUNCATION, noun. (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)
Dictionary definition
TRUNCATION, noun. The property of being truncated or short.
TRUNCATION, noun. The replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces).
TRUNCATION, noun. The act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.