Definition of Truncated
1. Adjective. Cut short in duration. "An unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
2. Adjective. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off. "A truncated pyramid"
Definition of Truncated
1. a. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
Definition of Truncated
1. truncate [v] - See also: truncate
Medical Definition of Truncated
1.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2. Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
3. Lacking the apex; said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
Truncated cone or pyramid, a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)
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