"truncate" meaning in English

See truncate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ [UK], /ˈtɹʌŋˌkeɪt/ [US], /tɹaŋˈkæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-truncate.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*twerḱ-}}, {{der|en|la|truncātus}} Latin truncātus, {{m|la|truncō||maim, reduce to a trunk}} truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”), {{m|en|trunk}} trunk Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} truncate (not comparable)
  1. Truncated. Tags: not-comparable Translations (truncated): отрязан (otrjazan) (Bulgarian), скъсен (skǎsen) (Bulgarian), lyhennetty (Finnish), typistetty (Finnish), katkaistu (Finnish), tronqué (French), κολοβός (kolovós) (Greek), περικομμένος (perikomménos) (Greek), truncado (Portuguese), усечённый (usečónnyj) [geometry, mathematics, sciences] (Russian), truncado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-truncate-en-adj-1hdHW5KO Disambiguation of 'truncated': 98 2
  2. (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy, Botany Translations (botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination): κολοβός (kolovós) (Greek), ακρωτηριασμένος (akrotiriasménos) (Greek), укоро́ченный (ukoróčennyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-truncate-en-adj-AomGFXNC Topics: anatomy, biology, botany, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination': 2 98

Verb

IPA: /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ [UK], /ˈtɹʌŋˌkeɪt/ [US], /tɹaŋˈkæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-truncate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: truncates [present, singular, third-person], truncating [participle, present], truncated [participle, past], truncated [past]
Etymology: From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*twerḱ-}}, {{der|en|la|truncātus}} Latin truncātus, {{m|la|truncō||maim, reduce to a trunk}} truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”), {{m|en|trunk}} trunk Head templates: {{en-verb}} truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)
  1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-truncate-en-verb-Xa-LkK1W
  2. (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop): закръглявам (zakrǎgljavam) (Bulgarian), afronden naar beneden (Dutch), katkaista (Finnish), typistää (Finnish), tronquer (French), περικόπτω (perikópto) (Greek), trunkigar (Ido), arredondar (Portuguese), truncar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-truncate-en-verb-G2R9FsNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 22 4 62 8 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop': 12 86 2
  3. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal). Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (replace a corner by a plane): typistää (Finnish), trunkigar (Ido)
    Sense id: en-truncate-en-verb-BsdDon73 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'replace a corner by a plane': 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: round down [mathematics, sciences] Related terms: trunk, truncation, dual polyhedron [geometry, mathematics, sciences] Translations (shorten something as if by cutting off part of it): بَتَرَ (batara) (Arabic), شَذَّبَ (šaḏḏaba) (Arabic), قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) (Arabic), قَلَّمَ (qallama) (Arabic), орязвам (orjazvam) (Bulgarian), отрязвам върха на (otrjazvam vǎrha na) (Bulgarian), truncar (Catalan), zkrátit [perfective] (Czech), seříznout [perfective] (Czech), afhakken (Dutch), afkappen (Dutch), lyhentää (Finnish), typistää (Finnish), katkaista (Finnish), tronquer (French), kürzen (German), abschneiden (German), κονταίνω (kontaíno) (Greek), lenyes (Hungarian), csonkol (Hungarian), troncare (Italian), truncō (Latin), mutumutu (Maori), auporo (Maori), scurtà (Neapolitan), strompé (Piedmontese), truncar (Portuguese), усека́ть (usekátʹ) (Russian), truncar (Spanish), cắt xén (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'shorten something as if by cutting off part of it': 47 50 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "truncated",
      "word": "κολοβός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perikomménos",
      "sense": "truncated",
      "word": "περικομμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "truncated",
      "word": "truncado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "usečónnyj",
      "sense": "truncated",
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "усечённый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "truncated",
      "word": "truncado"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kolovós",
      "sense": "botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination",
      "word": "κολοβός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akrotiriasménos",
      "sense": "botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination",
      "word": "ακρωτηριασμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukoróčennyj",
      "sense": "botany, anatomy: having an abrupt termination",
      "word": "укоро́ченный"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "truncate"
  ],
  "word": "truncate"
}

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