Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Truncation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
the property of being truncated or short
the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
the act of cutting short
"it is an obvious truncation of the verse"
"they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
The act of truncating or shortening.