TRUNCATE

truncate

Verb

  1. To shorten something as if by cutting off part of it.
  2. To shorten a decimal number by removing trailing (or leading) digits; to chop.
  3. To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

Adjective

  1. truncated
  2. Having an abrupt termination.


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