Defn: To cut off; to lop; to maim.
TRUNCATE
Trun"cate, a. Etym: [L. truncatus, p. p. ]
Defn: Appearing as if cut off at the tip; as, a truncate leaf or feather.
TRUNCATED
Trun"ca*ted, a.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2. (Min.)
Defn: Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Lacking the apex; — said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.
TRUNCATION
Trun*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. truncatio.]