truncated Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb replace a corner by a plane
    truncate.
  2. verb approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
    truncate.
    • truncate a series
  3. verb make shorter as if by cutting off
    cut short; truncate.
    • truncate a word
    • Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
  4. adjective satellite cut short in duration
    shortened; abbreviated.
    • the abbreviated speech
    • her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking
    • an unsatisfactory truncated conversation
  5. adjective satellite terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
    truncate.
    • a truncate leaf
    • truncated volcanic mountains
    • a truncated pyramid

WordNet

Trun"ca*ted adjective
Definitions
  1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
  2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
  3. (Zoöl.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

Webster 1913