Definitions for truncated

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truncated trun·cat·ed

Spelling: [truhng-key-tid]

IPA: /ˈtrʌŋ keɪ tɪd/

Truncated is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 456 anagrams from letters in truncated (acdenrttu).

Definitions for truncated

adjective

1. shortened by or as if by having a part cut off; cut short:
2. (of a geometric figure or solid) having the apex, vertex, or end cut off by a plane:
3. Crystallography. (of a crystal) having corners, angles, or edges cut off or replaced by a single plane.
4. Biology. truncate (def 4).
5. Prosody. (of a line of verse) lacking at the beginning or end one or more unstressed syllables needed to fill out the metrical pattern.
6. truncated.
7. Biology. square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely. lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.

verb (used with object)

1. to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short:
2. Mathematics, Computers. to shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits:

Origin of truncated

First recorded in 1480-90; truncate + -ed²

Examples for truncated

Some names have been changed—or truncated to first-names only—due to concerns over retribution for being quoted on the topic.

The pyramid of Cholula is of truncated form, like most of these numerous structures.

An added sentence—possibly from an actual interview Goodall conducted with Aplin—followed by a pilfered (and truncated) one.

Several national news outlets picked up the truncated video, which was edited by Phoenix television station KTVK.

The animals stopped on the upper plateau of the truncated cone.

Too far from the truncated kopjes to reap any benefit from them.

One series of tests last year was truncated so that the test aircraft and crew could go and chase drug-runners.

With one exception, the B-1B, the projects were canceled or truncated.

The general form of the egg is still that of a truncated ellipsoid.

Modioliform: globular, truncated at both ends; like the hub of a wheel.