truncate

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I - verb

1. replace a corner by a plane
• Derivationally related forms:
truncation
• Topics:
geometry
• Hypernyms:
substitute, replace, interchange, exchange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
- truncate a series
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
• Hypernyms:
estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make shorter as if by cutting off
- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
• Syn:
cut short
• Derivationally related forms:
truncation
• Hypernyms:
shorten
• Entailment:
cut off, chop off, lop off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

II - adjective

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
• Similar to:
short

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  truncated, cut short