truncating

Verb

truncate (third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated)

1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
   • The script was truncated to leave time for commercials.
2. (transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

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