About The Word Truncated
Learn about the word Truncated to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Truncated definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Truncated
| Truncated Definition And Meaning |
|---|
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.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Candlemas day ‐ feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple;…
- Creepy ‐ causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy…
- Queenfish ‐ silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California…
- Arabia ‐ a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically…
- Titlark ‐ small songbirds…
- Elder hand ‐ the card player on the…
- Austere ‐ practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something…
- Flamboyant tree ‐ tropical shrub or small tree having showy yellow to orange-red…
- Oral cancer ‐ malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over…
- Shiraz ‐ a city in central southwestern Iran; ruins of ancient Persepolis…