truncation

CEFRC1

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of making something shorter by cutting off part.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    An operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.

Examples

  • The database error occurred due to the truncation of the string.

  • The truncation of the data led to an error in the final result.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.

  2. The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).

More examples

In context

  • Truncation is the act of shortening a thing by cutting its end.

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

Due to space limitations, the blank of the long report was necessary before printing.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.