truncate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/
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/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/ · [tɹ̝̊ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] · [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌŋˈkʰeɪ̯t] · /ˈtɹʌŋˌke̯ɪ̯t/ · [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] · [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷʌ̈ŋˌkʰe̯ɪ̯t] · /tɹäŋˈkæɪ̯t/ · [tɹ̝̊ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] · [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷäŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] · /tɹɐŋˈkæɪ̯t/ · [tɹ̝̊ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t] · [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɐ̞ŋkʰæ̝ɪ̯t]

Definition of truncate

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
    “The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.”
    “All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
    “The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.”
    “All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.”
  2. (transitive)To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
  3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

adj

  1. Truncated.
  2. Having an abrupt termination.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Latin truncātus, perfect passive participle of truncō (“maim, reduce to a trunk”); see trunk as a verb.

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