'Truncate' definitions:
Definition of 'truncate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: truncate, truncated]
verb
Replace a corner by a plane
verb
Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
verb
Make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn: truncate, cut short]
Definition of 'Truncate'
From: GCIDE
- Truncate \Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.] To cut off; to lop; to maim. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Truncate'
From: GCIDE
- Truncate \Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'truncate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- abscind,
- abstract,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- ban,
- bar,
- blemish,
- bob,
- boil down,
- capsulize,
- clip,
- compress,
- condense,
- contract,
- crop,
- cull,
- curtail,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- deface,
- deform,
- disfigure,
- disproportion,
- dock,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- enucleate,
- epitomize,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- foreshorten,
- isolate,
- knock off,
- lop,
- mar,
- misshape,
- mow,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- pare,
- peel,
- pick out,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prune,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- retrench,
- root out,
- rule out,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- snub,
- stamp out,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stunt,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take in,
- take off,
- take out,
- telescope,
- top,
- trim,
- wipe out