- to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
- to shorten (a number) by dropping a digit or digits: The numbers 1.4142 and 1.4987 can both be truncated to 1.4.
- truncated.
- Biology.
- square or broad at the end, as if cut off transversely.
- lacking the apex, as certain spiral shells.
- to shorten by cutting off a part, end, or top
- cut short; truncated
- having a blunt end, as though cut off at the tip
