truncate
pronunciation
How to pronounce truncate in British English:
UK [trʌŋˈkeɪt]
How to pronounce truncate in American English:
US [ˈtrʌŋkeɪt]
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- Verb:
- replace a corner by a plane
- approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- make shorter as if by cutting off
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- Adjective:
- terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Word Origin
- truncate
- truncate: see trench
- truncate (v.)
- late 15c., from Latin truncatus "cut off," past participle of truncare "to maim, mutilate, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off, deprived of branches or limbs" (see trunk). Related: Truncated; truncating.
Example
- 1. Culm sheaths symmetrical , apex truncate or slightly concave .
- 2. Specify whether to truncate existing destination tables .
- 3. Culm sheaths densely setose ; ligule truncate or acute .
- 4. Leaf base rounded to truncate .
- 5. Leaf blade usually cuneate to truncate at base .