truncate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/, [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɹäŋˈkæɪ̯t/, [tɹ̝̊ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t]; /tɹɐŋˈkæɪ̯t/, [tɹ̝̊ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t], [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] Hyphenation: trun‧cate === Verb === truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated) (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off. (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal). ==== Synonyms ==== (mathematics): round down ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== trunk truncation ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (geometry): dual polyhedron === Adjective === truncate (comparative more truncate, superlative most truncate) Truncated. (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination. ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “truncate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “truncate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Participle === truncāte vocative masculine singular of truncātus == Spanish == === Verb === truncate second-person singular voseo imperative of truncar combined with te