truncating

trun·cate  (trngkt)

tr.v. trun·cat·ed, trun·cat·ing, trun·cates

1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.

2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.

3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

adj.

1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.

2. Truncated.

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[Latin truncre, trunct-, from truncus, trunk; see ter-² in Indo-European roots.]

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truncately adv.

trun·cation n.

Translations

truncating [trʌŋˈkeɪtɪŋ] N (Comput) → truncamiento m