Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Truncate has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Verb
· Adjective
Verb
1
replace a corner by a plane
2
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
"truncate a series"
3
make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
4
To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
Adjective
1
terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
"a truncate leaf"
"truncated volcanic mountains"
"a truncated pyramid"
Example Sentences
"truncate a series"
verb
"truncate a word"
verb
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
verb
"a truncate leaf"
adjective
"truncated volcanic mountains"
adjective
"a truncated pyramid"
adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)