What is the meaning of truncation?

noun

  • The property of being truncated or short.
  • The replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces. )
  • The act of cutting short.
    • usage: "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
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