truncate

Adjective
  1. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off (synset 301440626)
    "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
    similar to: short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
    same as: truncated
Verb
  1. Replace a corner by a plane (synset 202263294)
    referred to in: geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
    is a type of: exchange, interchange, replace, substitute - put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
  2. Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one (synset 200742295)
    "truncate a series"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge - judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
  3. Make shorter as if by cutting off (synset 200318042)
    "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
    entail: chop off, cut off, lop off - remove by or as if by cutting
    is a type of: shorten - make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
    same as: cut short

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