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TRUNCATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does truncation mean?

• TRUNCATION (noun)
The noun TRUNCATION has 3 senses:

1. the property of being truncated or short
2. 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)
3. the act of cutting short

Familiarity information: TRUNCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• TRUNCATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being truncated or short

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

truncation; shortness

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

lowness (the condition of being low; lacking height)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

carving; cutting (removing parts to create a desired shape)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The act of cutting short

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context examples:

it is an obvious truncation of the verse / they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

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