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UK
/tɹʌnkˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ˈtɹəŋˌkeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹəŋˌkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the property of being truncated or short
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the act of cutting short
it is an obvious truncation of the verse
they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs - the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
How To Use truncation In A Sentence
- This so-called "truncation" of the collection process calls for a redefinition of the duties incumbent on the holder and collecting and drawee banks and have been specifically addressed in the proposed legislation. ANC Daily News Briefing
- This truncation shows that the extreme C terminus of the SPM domain is required for protein interactions.
- they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs
- Take advantage of advanced search functionality (gasp!) such as plurals, truncation, and wild-card and Boolean operators when using your local library catalog or databases.
- The word length errors using truncation of sign magnitude code are analyzed.
- In order to reduce the finite scanning plane truncation error in the measurements with phased array antennas, the cosine window function is introduced and applied in this case.
- The Chinese and English versions are truncations with a significant number of lines being omitted.
- I'll put my inky fingers up and admit that such a truncation popped into my mind straight away.
- Generally, the areas in the western Rockall Trough are characterized by seismic reflectors displaying truncation and convergence with zones of exposed and highly reflective seafloor.
- Rachmaninov, who put up with truncations to most of his works, absolutely refused to shorten the concerto and played it complete and unabridged in a state of tangible tension.