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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-truncation.wav Forms: truncations [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). See truncate. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|truncātiō}} Late Latin truncātiō, {{der|en|la|truncāre}} Latin truncāre Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} truncation (countable and uncountable, plural truncations)
  1. (linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (act of truncating): скъсяване (skǎsjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), съкращаване (sǎkraštavane) (Bulgarian), troncature [feminine] (French), αποκοπή (apokopí) [feminine] (Greek), περικοπή (perikopí) [feminine] (Greek), छिन्न (chinna) (Hindi), 短縮 (tansyuku) (Japanese), poronga (Maori), усече́ние (usečénije) [neuter] (Russian), уреза́ние (urezánije) [neuter] (Russian), avkortning (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-truncation-en-noun-8FGL1Ory Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 38 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 38 41 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'act of truncating': 63 18 19
  2. (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number): закръгляване (zakrǎgljavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), αποκοπή (apokopí) [feminine] (Greek), усече́ние (usečénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-truncation-en-noun-oq-y4FIi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 38 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 38 41 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number': 3 90 7
  3. (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane, or a similar operation in other dimensions. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (replacement of a solid angle by a plane): κολόβωση (kolóvosi) [feminine] (Greek), усече́ние (usečénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-truncation-en-noun-okuIg5Ky Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 39 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 38 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 38 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 28 44 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 25 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 31 28 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 26 29 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 27 28 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 28 45 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'replacement of a solid angle by a plane': 5 11 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: omnitruncation Related terms: truncate

Inflected forms

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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usečénije",
      "sense": "removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усече́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kolóvosi",
      "sense": "replacement of a solid angle by a plane",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κολόβωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usečénije",
      "sense": "replacement of a solid angle by a plane",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "усече́ние"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "truncation"
  ],
  "word": "truncation"
}

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