单词 | detruncation |
释义 | detruncationn. a. The action of cutting off or cutting short; the fact or condition of being cut short. (literal and figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter > by cutting truncation1579 curtailing1586 trunking1611 cropping1616 detruncation1623 procision1650 docking1728 short-circuiting1896 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Detruncation, a lopping or cutting. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋287 Detruncation or diminution of their strength. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 88. ⁋11 This detruncation of our syllables. 1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 523 Not a perilous gash, but a detruncation fatal to the living frame. 1877 C. H. Burnett Ear 43 Two detruncated cones placed together at their points of detruncation. b. Obstetric Surg. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Detruncation, The separation of the trunk of the fœtus from the head, the latter remaining in utero. 1883 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1623 |
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