Truncation
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of cutting short
"It is an obvious truncation of the verse"
"They were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
(2) 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)
(3) The property of being truncated or short
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Etymology
< < , pp. ; see truncate.
Noun
- The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
- The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
- The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)