Associations to the word «Truncation»

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

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.