'Truncated' definitions:

Definition of 'truncated'

From: WordNet
adjective
Cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation" [syn: abbreviated, shortened, truncated]
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]

Definition of 'Truncated'

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 'Truncated'

From: GCIDE
  • Truncated \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
  • 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. [1913 Webster]
  • Truncated cone or Truncated pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base. [1913 Webster]