About The Word Truncated
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Truncated
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What's The Definition Of Truncated?
[adj] terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
[adj] cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" Synonyms | Synonyms for Truncated: abbreviated | short | shortened | truncate Related Terms | Find terms related to Truncated: See Also | Truncated In Webster's Dictionary \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated
edge.
3. (Zo["o]l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral
shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
{Truncated cone} or {pyramid} (Geom.), a cone or pyramid
whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being
usually parallel to the base.
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