Truncation (statistics)
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



  1. The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
  2. The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
  3. The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)
 
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