What is the meaning of truncated?

Showing "truncated" (corrected from "truncated tail") | add "truncated tail" definition

verb

  • Replace a corner by a plane.
  • Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one.
    • usage: "truncate a series"
  • Make shorter as if by cutting off.
    • usage: "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

adjective

  • Cut short in duration.
    • usage: "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
  • Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off.
    • usage: "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
7
 
|15 years ago|695 views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). Truncated. Retrieved September 21, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/truncated/definitions/1185814
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "Truncated" http://smartdefine.org/truncated/definitions/1185814 (accessed September 21, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, Truncated, Smart Define, viewed 21 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/truncated/definitions/1185814>.
MLAWordNet. "Truncated" 23 October 2010. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/truncated/definitions/1185814>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)