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truncation

[ UK /tɹʌnkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˈtɹəŋˌkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the property of being truncated or short
  2. the act of cutting short
    it is an obvious truncation of the verse
    they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs
  3. 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)

How To Use truncation In A Sentence

  • On the basis of the relation between truncation and rounding errors of difference approximation, the interval formula which can minimize the total error is founded.
  • In fact, any numerical discretization method has truncation error and there's no need to treat the difference equations as equality constraint.
  • _̷ ◡ ◡ _̷ ◡ _̷ ◡ _̷ ◡ _̷ that is, 5-stress trochaic, with dactylic substitution in the first foot and truncation or catalexis of the last foot in the second and fourth lines; or perhaps iambic, with anapestic substitution in the second foot and a feminine ending in the first and third lines. The Principles of English Versification
  • The general planar topography of the top-truncation surface of the Sahtan Group suggests that erosion mainly involved subaerial dissolution, in association with a gentle uplift of the carbonate platform edge.
  • In this method, the open region is transformed into closed region. Consequently, the boundary truncation is not necessary. The order of the matrix resulted from this method is small.
  • Both strains exhibited macrochaete duplications, eye defects, and loss of wing material consistent with dominant-negative effects of the Mam truncations described previously.
  • However, although many of the reflection terminations appear indicative of stratal truncation it may not be the only cause of reflection termination.
  • The reduction in thickness of the Middle jurassic units in the northern flank of Jabal Akhdar is mainly due to a top truncation.
  • The earlier historical rivalry between Japan and Russia is unlikely to be an issue given the interposition of a powerful Chinese buffer between them and the truncation of Russia itself.
  • But then the papers were summaries, they were truncations, densely-packed contextualisers that served little purpose other than to inspire questions.
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