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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trun•ca•tion (trung kā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act or process of truncating.
- the quality or state of being truncated.
- Poetry[Pros.]the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.
- Banking, Businessa system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.
- Late Latin truncātiōn- (stem of truncātiō), equivalent. to Latin truncātus (see truncate) + -iōn- -ion
- 1570–80
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trun•cate /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to shorten by or as if by cutting off a part:to truncate his essay by deleting a few lines.
trun•ca•tion, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trun•cate (trung′kāt),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj. v.t. - to shorten by cutting off a part;
cut short:Truncate detailed explanations. - Mathematics, Computingto shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits:The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.
adj. - truncated.
- Biology
- square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
- lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
- Latin truncātus (past participle of truncāre to lop), equivalent. to trunc(us) trunk + -ātus -ate1
- 1480–90
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged abridge, trim, curtail, abbreviate.
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