truncation
/tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/
truncation noun: the act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
Noun
truncation (countable and uncountable, plural truncations)
- The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
- The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.
- An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.
truncation meaning in Hindi and Tamil
truncation in Hindi
- act of truncating
- छिन्न chinna
truncation in Tamil
- முனைச்சிதைவு
Forms of truncation
| plural | truncations |
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Origin of truncation
From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.
Words formed from truncation
Questions about truncation
- What does truncation mean?
- Truncation means the act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
- What is truncation in Hindi?
- Truncation in Hindi is छिन्न (chinna). See Truncation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is truncation?
- Truncation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce truncation?
- Truncation is pronounced /tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of truncation?
- The plural of truncation is truncations.
Words near truncation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: truncation (page history and authors); truncation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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