truncation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology
From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
- (countable, uncountable) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.
- (countable, uncountable) An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| truncations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antitruncation · omnitruncation · tritruncation · runcicantitruncation · runcitruncation · bitruncation · truncational · cantitruncation
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Translations (16)
ja 短縮 (act of truncating) · el αποκοπή (act of truncating) · ru усече́ние (replacement of a solid angle by a plane) · el αποκοπή (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number) · ru усече́ние (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number) · hi छिन्न (act of truncating) · fr troncature (act of truncating) · el περικοπή (act of truncating) · el κολόβωση (replacement of a solid angle by a plane) · bg съкращаване (act of truncating) · bg скъсяване (act of truncating) · ru усече́ние (act of truncating) · ru уреза́ние (act of truncating) · bg закръгляване (removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number) · mi poronga (act of truncating) · sv avkortning (act of truncating)