truncate
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(verb) make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" |
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Synonyms: cut short |
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Related Words: shorten |
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(satellite adjective) terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" |
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Synonyms: truncated |
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| 3. |
(verb) replace a corner by a plane, in geometry |
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Related Words: replace, substitute |
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