单词 | truncated |
释义 | truncated /trung"kay tid/, adj. 1. shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short: an unnecessarily truncated essay. 2. (of a geometric figure or solid) having the apex, vertex, or end cut off by a plane: a truncated cone or pyramid. 3. Crystall. (of a crystal) having corners, angles, or edges cut off or replaced by a single plane. 4. Biol. truncate (def. 4). 5. Pros. (of a line of verse) lacking at the beginning or end one or more unstressed syllables needed to fill out the metrical pattern. [1480-90; TRUNCATE + -ED2] |
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