truncate
To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
Example
“The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.”
Other meanings
To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Related words
- retruncate
- subtruncate
- truncatedly
- truncately
- truncateness
Word history
From Latin "truncātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “truncate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.