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TRUNCATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of cutting short

Example:

they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

Derivation:

truncate (make shorter as if by cutting off)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

carving; cutting (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)

Derivation:

truncate (replace a corner by a plane)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property of being truncated or short

Synonyms:

shortness; truncation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

lowness (the quality of being low; lacking height)

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