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truncated

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trun·ca·ted  (trngktd)
adj.
1. Having the apex cut off and replaced by a plane, especially one parallel to the base. Used of a cone or pyramid.
2.
a. Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot; catalectic.
b. Lacking an initial or final syllable. Used of a line of verse.
3. Truncate.

truncated [trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd]
adj
1. (Mathematics) Maths (of a cone, pyramid, prism, etc.) having an apex or end removed by a plane intersection that is usually nonparallel to the base
2. (Chemistry) (of a crystal) having edges or corners cut off
3. shortened by or as if by cutting off; truncate
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.truncated - cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
short - primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration; "a short life"; "a short flight"; "a short holiday"; "a short story"; "only a few short months"
2.truncated - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut offtruncated - terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss"
Translations
truncated [trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd] ADJ (= shortened) [report] → truncado

truncated [trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd] adj [object, cone, text] → tronqué(e); [meeting, debate] → écourté(e)

truncated
adj treegestutzt; article, speech, versiongekürzt; presidencyverkürzt; conestumpf; leafabgestumpft; (Comput) text, fileabgeschnitten

truncated [trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd] adj (Geom) → tronco/a

truncated
adj truncated [traŋˈkeitid, (American ) ˈtraŋkeitid]
shortened by cutting off a part, especially the end a truncated version of the play. afgekap, ingekort مَقْطوع скъсен zkrácený afkortet verkürzt κουτσουρεμένος truncado lühendatud کوتاه شده katkaistu tronqué קָטוּם सिर कटा, सिर काटना pokraćen, odsječen megcsonkított dipendekkan styttur troncato 端をきりつめた 일부를 줄인 sutrumpintas saīsināts kontot ingekort av-/nedskåret skrócony truncado trunchiat сокращённый skrátený skrajšan skraćen stympad ซึ่งถูกตัดสั้น kısaltılmış, kesik, güdük 截短了的 зрізаний تراشنا، چھانٹنا cụt


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As I took hold of the handle of the door I heard an exclamation, oddly truncated at the end, and a click and a thud.
The two arms fell with a sudden force; they heard the hissing of the scimitar and the cry of the victim, then a truncated mass sank beneath the blow.
Laussedat, in watching the eclipse of July 18, 1860, probed that the horns of the lunar crescent were rounded and truncated.
 
 
 
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