truncation

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
truncate

▶verb /trʌŋˈkeɪt, ˈtrʌŋ-/ (often as adj. truncated) shorten by cutting off the top or the end. ▶adjective /ˈtrʌŋkeɪt/ Botany & Zoology (of a leaf, feather, etc.) ending abruptly as if truncated.

– derivatives
truncation noun.

– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as truncation): from L. truncat-, truncare ‘maim’.

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