1. Cut short in duration
   "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation";
   - abbreviated, shortened
    
2. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off
   "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid";
   - truncate

1. Make shorter as if by cutting off
   "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"; "truncate a word";
   - cut short
    
2. (mathematics) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one
   "truncate a series"
    
3. (geometry) replace a corner by a plane
   "They truncated the cube to create a new polyhedron"; "The architect truncated the building's sharp corners for a softer look"

See also: short

Type of: approximate, estimate, exchange, gauge, interchange, judge, replace, shorten, sub [informal], substitute

Encyclopedia: Truncated