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Truncate – definitions in English dictionary

verb

Shorten the duration or extent of.

Usage examples:

He was a sensational player whose career was truncated by injuries

Synonims:

ShortenCutCut shortCurtailDockPruneTrimLopAbbreviateTelescopeReduceDiminishDecrease
verb

Replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces.

Usage examples:

Internally, grains commonly show concentric compositional zonation, which is truncated at broken gr…
adjective

(of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

Usage examples:

The ends are usually acute or obtuse, but sometimes also fish tail-like, truncate or vague.
verb

To make something shorter or quicker, especially by removing the end of it

Usage examples:

Television coverage of the event was truncated by a technical fault.

Truncate translation into English

Truncate: translate from English into Chinese

Translate truncate into Chinese (Simplified)}
截短

Truncate: translate from English into Dutch

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Afkappen, Afknotten

Truncate: translate from English into French

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Tronquer, Tronqué

Truncate: translate from English into German

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Kürzen, Stutzen

Truncate: translate from English into Hindi

Translate truncate into Hindi}
काट-छांट, छिन्ननु, रूंडन

Truncate: translate from English into Italian

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Troncare, Mozzare

Truncate: translate from English into Korean

Translate truncate into Korean}
자르다, 꼭대기를 자르다, 끝을 자르다, 일부를 생략하여 줄이다, 면이 되게 자르다, 끝수를 버리다, 절단하다

Truncate: translate from English into Russian

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Обрезать, Усекать, Урезать, Сокращать, Укорачивать, Округлять, Прерывать, Срезать верхушку

Truncate: translate from English into Spanish

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Truncar

Word origin

late 15th century (earlier (Middle English) as truncation ): from Latin truncat- ‘maimed’, from the verb truncare .

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