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[ truhng-key-tid ] / ˈtrʌŋ keɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR truncated ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveshortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short: an unnecessarily truncated essay. (of a geometric figure or solid) having the apex, vertex, or end cut off by a plane: a truncated cone or pyramid. Crystallography. (of a crystal) having corners, angles, or edges cut off or replaced by a single plane. Biology. truncate (def. 4). Prosody. (of a line of verse) lacking at the beginning or end one or more unstressed syllables needed to fill out the metrical pattern. Origin of truncatedFirst recorded in 1480–90; truncate + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM truncatedsub·trun·cat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby truncatedtrumps, trump up, trumscheit, truncal, truncate, truncated, truncation, truncheon, trundle, trundle bed, trundler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for truncatedWith one exception, the B-1B, the projects were canceled or truncated. How the Pentagon Strangles Its Most Advanced Stealth Warplanes|Bill Sweetman|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST One series of tests last year was truncated so that the test aircraft and crew could go and chase drug-runners. Tomorrow’s Stealthy Subs Could Sink America’s Navy|Bill Sweetman|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some names have been changed—or truncated to first-names only—due to concerns over retribution for being quoted on the topic. Sequester Furloughs Force Government Workers to Change Financial and Career Plans|Miranda Green|August 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST An added sentence—possibly from an actual interview Goodall conducted with Aplin—followed by a pilfered (and truncated) one. Jane Goodall’s Troubling, Error-Filled New Book, ‘Seeds of Hope’|Michael Moynihan|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Several national news outlets picked up the truncated video, which was edited by Phoenix television station KTVK. Distorted Video Makes McCain Look Heartless Over Mass Shooting|Howard Kurtz|February 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST All arms rounded, at their truncated end little broader than at their base. Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia)|Ernst Haeckel A low fan-shaped strip of land, dammed out from the waters of the bay, the handle being towards the shore and truncated. The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. II (of 2)|Alexander Michie Or are you looking into the hollow of a truncated pyramid with the smaller square in the background? Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899|Various The inner growing surface is almost pentagonal in outline; with the basal margin square and truncated in the middle. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia (Volume 1 of 2)|Charles Darwin The first represents two truncated pyramids placed base to base. The Teaching of Geometry|David Eugene Smith
British Dictionary definitions for truncated
adjectivemaths (of a cone, pyramid, prism, etc) having an apex or end removed by a plane intersection that is usually nonparallel to the base (of a crystal) having edges or corners cut off shortened by or as if by cutting off; truncate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to truncatedabridge, curtail, abbreviate, cut short, trim, pare, cut, prune, clip, top, crop, lop, shear, cut off |