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Meaning of truncation

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  truncation
      n 1: the property of being truncated or short [syn: {shortness},
           {truncation}]
      2: the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a
         gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally
         inclined to the adjacent faces)
      3: the act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the
         verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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