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"truncate a word" "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"verbmake shorter as if by cutting off
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"a truncate leaf" "truncated volcanic mountains" "a truncated pyramid"adjectiveterminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
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"truncate a series"verbapproximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen onetype of:
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verbreplace a corner by a planetype of:
Definition that contains truncate
- sock a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- shortness the property of being truncated or short
- windsock a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- drogue a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- lookdown similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead
- frustum a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
- wind sock a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- air sock a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- air-sleeve a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind
- wind cone a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind