Truncation

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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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)

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Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

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the act of cutting short

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the property of being truncated or short

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: shortness
plural: Truncations
possessive: Truncation's
pluralpossessive: Truncations'

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