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Verb
S:
(v)
truncate
(replace a corner by a plane)
S:
(v)
truncate
(approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one)
"truncate a series"
S:
(v)
truncate
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cut short
(make shorter as if by cutting off)
"truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
direct hypernym
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S:
(v)
shorten
(make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
"He shortened his trip due to illness"
entailment
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Adjective
S:
(adj)
truncate
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truncated
(terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off)
"a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"