truncation
pronunciation
How to pronounce truncation in British English:
UK [trʌŋˈkeɪʃn]
How to pronounce truncation in American English:
US [ ˈtrʌŋkeɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- truncation (n.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin truncationem (nominative truncatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of truncare (see truncate).
Example
- 1. GST fusion protein expression system combined with protein truncation test ( PTT ) protocol was used to detect gene frame shift mutation .
- 2. Conclusions The truncation of C gene could improve the encapsulation efficiency of HBV vectors with no effect on the replication and expression of the intact HBV vectors .
- 3. The influence degree of the truncation on the thrust coefficient efficiency falls down by increasing the ratio.The performance loss is more due to selecting too small value of the truncation ratio .
- 4. To discuss the performance effects of plug truncation ratios , cold-flow tests were performed for80 % , 40 % , 30 % and20 % truncated aerospike nozzles by employing cold air as propellant .
- 5. This paper first extends “ sub ” operations of matroids ( truncation , elongation , restriction and contraction ) to poset matroids by dint of the poset theory and gives the concept of poset matroid connection for the first time .