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truncated

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/

truncated adjective: deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet). Also the simple past and past participle of truncate.

Adjective

truncated (comparative more truncated, superlative most truncated)

  1. Deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
  2. Ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip.
  3. shortened either by means of clipping or blending.

Also used as

truncated is also the simple past and past participle of truncate.

truncated meaning in Tagalog

truncated in Tagalog

ending abruptly as if cut across at the base or tip
tinapyas

Examples of truncated in a sentence

  • The plesiohedra include such well-known shapes as the cube, hexagonal prism, rhombic dodecahedron, and truncated octahedron.
  • The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
  • It is also a Catalan solid, the disdyakis triacontahedron, dual of the truncated icosidodecahedron.

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Forms of truncated

comparativemore truncated
superlativemost truncated

Words formed from truncated

Phrases with truncated

Words that rhyme with truncated

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Questions about truncated

What does truncated mean?
Truncated means deprived of one of its parts or of its end (e.g., a line of poetry with one syllable fewer in one of its feet).
What is truncated in Tagalog?
Truncated in Tagalog is tinapyas. See Truncated meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is truncated?
Truncated is an adjective.
How do you pronounce truncated?
Truncated is pronounced /tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/.

Words near truncated in the dictionary

  1. Trumpy
  2. Trun
  3. truncal
  4. truncally
  5. truncate
  6. truncated
  7. truncated cube
  8. truncated cubes
  9. truncated cuboctahedra
  10. truncated cuboctahedron
  11. truncated dodecahedra

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