truncation

Noun

Meaning

The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.

The state of being truncated.

The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

end cut break reduction decrease compression abstract cutting extinction closure freezing cease abbreviation contraction cancellation
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Antonyms

addition increase action beginning continue expansion
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Hypernyms

cutting carving shortening lowness

Related terms

truncate truncated

Examples

it is an obvious truncation of the verse Source: Internet

they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs Source: Internet

After a series of conflicts associated with the truncation of the Apollo program, and facing severe budget constraints, von Braun retired from NASA on May 26, 1972. Source: Internet

However, since the early 20th century this distinction has been lost in common usage outside of Oxford, and some historians suggest the name Isis is nothing more than a truncation of Tamesis, the Latin name for the Thames. Source: Internet

Ignoring scaling, expansion can also be viewed as truncation of corners and edges but with a particular ratio between corner and edge truncation. Source: Internet

In some examples the meaning is further obscured by adding a second iteration of rhyme and truncation to the original rhymed phrase. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

truncatedly truncatellid truncately truncation error truncational truncator