Found 2 items, similar to truncate.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: truncate truncate adj : terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; “a truncate leaf”; “truncated volcanic mountains”; “a truncated pyramid” [syn: truncated] truncate v 1: replace a corner by a plane 2: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; “truncate a series” 3: make shorter as if by cutting off; “truncate a word”; “Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains” [syn: cut short]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Truncate Truncate \Trun"cate\, 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 \Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ] Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather. [1913 Webster]