| truncate | (v) replace a corner by a plane |
| truncate | (v) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one, Example: truncate a series |
| truncate | (v) make shorter as if by cutting off, Syn. cut short, Example: truncate a word; Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains |
| truncate | (adj) terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off, Syn. truncated, Example: a truncate leaf; truncated volcanic mountains; a truncated pyramid |
| truncated cone | (n) a frustum formed from a cone |
| truncated pyramid | (n) a frustum formed from a pyramid |
| truncation | (n) 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) |
| truncation | (n) the act of cutting short, Example: it is an obvious truncation of the verse; they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs |
| truncation error | (n) (mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished |
| atlantic bottlenose dolphin | (n) the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform, Syn. Tursiops truncatus |
| crab cactus | (n) South American jointed cactus with usually red flowers; often cultivated as a houseplant; sometimes classified as genus Schlumbergera, Syn. Schlumbergera truncatus, Zygocactus truncatus, Thanksgiving cactus |
| hard beech | (n) tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood, Syn. Nothofagus truncata |
| pichiciago | (n) very small Argentine armadillo with pale silky hair and pink plates on head and neck, Syn. Chlamyphorus truncatus, chlamyphore, fairy armadillo, pichiciego |
| shortness | (n) the property of being truncated or short, Syn. truncation |
| windmill grass | (n) perennial Australian grass having numerous long spikes arranged like the vanes of a windmill, Syn. Chloris truncata, creeping windmill grass, star grass |
| Detruncate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Detruncated; p. pr. & vb. n. Detruncating. ] [ L. detruncatus, p. p. of detruncare to cut off; de + truncare to maim, shorten, cut off. See Truncate. ] To shorten by cutting; to cut off; to lop off. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Detruncation | n. [ L. detruncatio: cf. F. détroncation. ] The act of lopping or cutting off, as the head from the body. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Obtruncate | v. t. [ L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare. ] To deprive of a limb; to lop. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Obtruncation | n. [ L. obtruncatio. ] The act of lopping or cutting off. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truncate | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Truncated p. pr. & vb. n. Truncating. ] [ L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk. ] To cut off; to lop; to maim. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truncate | a. [ L. truncatus, p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Truncated | a. 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Zool.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. [ 1913 Webster ]
Truncated cone or
Truncated pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Truncation | n. [ L. truncatio. ] 1. The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The state of being truncated. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Min.) The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| べき乗打切り待機法 | [べきのりうちきりたいきほう, bekinoriuchikiritaikihou] (n) { comp } truncated binary exponential back-off [Add to Longdo] |
| インディアンゴールドリングブリストルトゥース | [indeiango-rudoringuburisutorutou-su] (n) Indian gold-ring bristle-tooth (Ctenochaetus truncatus, species of bristletooth tang native to the Indian Ocean) [Add to Longdo] |
| 円錐台 | [えんすいだい, ensuidai] (n) circular truncated cone [Add to Longdo] |
| 角錐台 | [かくすいだい, kakusuidai] (n) truncated pyramid [Add to Longdo] |
| 上位省略表記 | [じょういしょうりゃくひょうき, jouishouryakuhyouki] (n) { comp } truncated representation [Add to Longdo] |
| 積み残し | [つみのこし, tsuminokoshi] (n) (1) left-off cargo; passengers left behind; (2) { math } rounding error; truncation error; remainder after truncation to an integer value [Add to Longdo] |
| 切り捨てる(P);切捨てる;斬り捨てる | [きりすてる, kirisuteru] (v1, vt) (1) to cut down; to slay; (2) to truncate; to round down; to round off; (3) to omit; to discard; to cast away; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 切捨て | [きりすて, kirisute] (n) { comp } truncation [Add to Longdo] |
| 打切り | [うちきり, uchikiri] (n) { comp } truncation (e.g. of a string) [Add to Longdo] |
| 打切り誤差 | [うちきりごさ, uchikirigosa] (n) { comp } truncation error [Add to Longdo] |
| 半道海豚 | [ばんどういるか;はんどういるか;バンドウイルカ;ハンドウイルカ, bandouiruka ; handouiruka ; bandouiruka ; handouiruka] (n) (uk) bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) [Add to Longdo] |
