truncated

1. imp. & p. p. of Truncate Source: opted

2. a. Cut off; cut short; maimed. Source: opted

3. a. Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. Source: opted

4. a. Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Source: opted

5. adj. cut short in duration Source: wordnet

6. adj. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off Source: wordnet

7. 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed. 2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. 3. (Zoöl.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base. Source: webster

8. Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equallyinclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. Source: adambom

9. j:100 v replace a corner by a plane v approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one v make shorter as if by cutting off s cut short in duration s terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off Source: ecdict

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