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1. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
   "a truncate leaf"
   - truncated

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"
   - cut short

Derived forms: truncating, truncates, truncated

See also: short, truncation

Type of: approximate, estimate, exchange, gauge, guess, interchange, judge, replace, shorten, substitute

Encyclopedia: Truncate