From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtruncatetrun‧cate /trʌŋˈkeɪt $ ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ verb [transitive] formalSHORT/NOT LONG to make something shorter SYN shorten If the list is too long, it will be truncated by the computer. The report is also available in a truncated version. —truncation /trʌŋˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
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truncate• Lulled by a canned anthem, people rotate, debate, checkmate, gyrate and truncate.• Maybe partially because of all the big-name actors, some in rather small roles, Cop Land seems truncated.• The squares of the data values require more than six decimal figures and must therefore be truncated by the computer.• You can choose which field is used to make up the file name truncating it to a specified length.• We are emphatically not introducing an appeal system in order to truncate or bypass it.• Have fun now, because you may have to settle for a truncated product next year.• But in the truncated remnant that had been Maryland, the federal government just grew and grew.Origin truncate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of truncare, from truncus; → TRUNK 