truncate

Definition of truncate

Verbs

replace a corner by a plane
Type of:
exchange, interchange, replace, substitute
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
"truncate a series"
Type of:
approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
make shorter as if by cutting off
"truncate a word"
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
Synonyms:
cut short
Type of:
shorten
make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration

Adjectives

terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
"a truncate leaf"
"truncated volcanic mountains"
"a truncated pyramid"
Synonyms:
truncated
short
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length

Vocabulary Lists for truncate

GRE Super 4800 Plus »(4851 words)
  • abase
  • abash
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • abdicate

Richard Wright's Black Boy »(55 words)
  • malinger
  • asafetida
  • truncate
  • sonorously
  • truncated

divisive »(639 words)
  • extort
  • divisive
  • aggregate
  • attrition
  • ad hoc

GRE Barron's part 8 »(404 words)
  • zest
  • zenith
  • zealot
  • zeal
  • yore

Words that contain truncate

truncated
 truncated cone
 truncated pyramid