Verb
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make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
- cut short -
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
"truncate a series"
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replace a corner by a plane
Adjective
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terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
"a truncate leaf"
"truncated volcanic mountains"
"a truncated pyramid"