truncate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌŋˌkeɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /tɹaŋˈkæɪt/ === 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 ==== 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 E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “truncate”, in The Century Dictionary […], 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