Noun Definition

truncation

1.Definition: the act of cutting short

"It is an obvious truncation of the verse", "They were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"

Category: General

2.Definition: the property of being truncated or short

Related Noun(s):shortness

Category: General

3.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)

Category: General