truncated - Definition | Dictionary definition of truncated

Definition of truncated

cut short in duration

"an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"

Synonyms:: abbreviated, shortened; short
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

"truncated volcanic mountains"

"a truncated pyramid"

Synonyms:: truncate; short
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length