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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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Dictionary Results for truncated:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

truncated
    adj 1: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her
           shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an
           unsatisfactory truncated conversation" [syn:
           abbreviated, shortened, truncated]
    2: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or
       point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic
       mountains"; "a truncated pyramid" [syn: truncate,
       truncated]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truncated \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
   1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
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   2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
      equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated
      edge.
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   3. (Zool.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells
      in which the apex naturally drops off.
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   Truncated cone or Truncated pyramid (Geom.), a cone or
      pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane
      being usually parallel to the base.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Truncate \Trun"cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Truncated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Truncating.] [L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut
   off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See
   Trunk.]
   To cut off; to lop; to maim.
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