TRUNCATE
truncate
Verb
- To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
- To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
- To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Adjective
- truncated
- Having an abrupt termination.
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