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Synonyms
trun·cate (trŭnǵkāt́)

[Latin truncāre, truncāt-, from truncus, trunk.]

transitive verb: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. 

  1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See synonyms at shorten
  2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
  3. To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

adjective 

  1. Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
  2. Truncated.

derivatives

truńcatély
adverb
trun·cátion
noun