Hypertext Webster Gateway: "truncate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Truncate \Trun"cate\, a. [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or
feather.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
v 1: replace a corner by a plane, in geometry
2: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word";
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:
{cut short}]
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