truncation

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truncation

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/

Where it comes from

From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.

noun truncations

countable, uncountable The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
countable, uncountable The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.
countable, uncountable An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.

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noun act of truncating

日本語	短縮 tansyuku
हिन्दी	छिन्न chinna
Français	troncature
Ελληνικά	αποκοπή apokopí, περικοπή perikopí
Русский	усече́ние usečénije, уреза́ние urezánije

noun removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number

Ελληνικά	αποκοπή apokopí
Русский	усече́ние usečénije

noun replacement of a solid angle by a plane

Ελληνικά	κολόβωση kolóvosi
Русский	усече́ние usečénije

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@misc{truncation_2026,
  title = {truncation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/truncation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}