truncate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

adj

Truncated.
Having an abrupt termination.

Pronunciation

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-truncate.wav /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] /tɹäŋˈkæɪ̯t/ [tɹ̝̊ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] /tɹɐŋˈkæɪ̯t/ [tɹ̝̊ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t]

Word forms

truncate truncates truncating truncated more truncate most truncate

Etymology

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

Synonyms

round down

Related words

trunk truncation dual polyhedron

Translations

Arabic: بَتَرَ Arabic: شَذَّبَ Arabic: قَطَعَ Arabic: قَلَّمَ Bulgarian: орязвам Bulgarian: отрязвам върха на Catalan: truncar Czech: zkrátit Czech: seříznout Dutch: afhakken Dutch: afkappen Dutch: inkorten Finnish: lyhentää Finnish: typistää Finnish: katkaista French: tronquer German: kürzen German: abschneiden Greek: κονταίνω Hungarian: lenyes Hungarian: csonkol Italian: troncare Latin: truncō Māori: mutumutu Māori: auporo Neapolitan: scurtà Piedmontese: strompé Portuguese: truncar Russian: усека́ть Spanish: truncar Vietnamese: cắt xén

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