Truncate - Definition

adj 1: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or
point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic
mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: truncate,
truncated]
v 1: replace a corner by a plane
2: approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one;
"truncate a series"
3: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word";
"Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:
truncate, cut short]