Main entry: truncate, cut short
Definition: make shorter as if by cutting off
Usage: truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
Main entry: truncate
Definition: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
Usage: truncate a series
Main entry: truncate
Definition: replace a corner by a plane
Main entry: truncate, truncated
Definition: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
Usage: a truncate leaf; truncated volcanic mountains; a truncated pyramid