truncate

English Thesaurus

1. make shorter as if by cutting off (verb.change)

hypernym	:	shorten,
definition	:	make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration (verb.change)

entail	:	chop off, cut off, lop off,
definition	:	remove by or as if by cutting (verb.contact)

2. approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one (verb.cognition)

hypernym	:	approximate, estimate, gauge, guess, judge,
definition	:	judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) (verb.cognition)

domain category	:	math, mathematics, maths,
definition	:	a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement (noun.cognition)

3. replace a corner by a plane (verb.possession)

hypernym	:	exchange, interchange, replace, substitute,
definition	:	put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items (verb.possession)

domain category	:	geometry,
definition	:	the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces (noun.cognition)

4. terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off (adj.all)

similar	:	short,
definition	:	(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length (adj.all)

5. make shorter as if by cutting off (verb.change)

derivation	:	truncation,
definition	:	the act of cutting short (noun.act)

6. replace a corner by a plane (verb.possession)

derivation	:	truncation,
definition	:	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) (noun.act)

7. make shorter as if by cutting off (verb.change)

derivation	:	truncation,
definition	:	the act of cutting short (noun.act)

8. replace a corner by a plane (verb.possession)

derivation	:	truncation,
definition	:	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) (noun.act)