Truncating is when something is removed to make it compatible with something smaller A decimal number can often be truncated to an integer by removing the decimal digits
To shorten a word to its root In searching databases, a truncation symbol, such as ? or *, can be used to find several words with the same root For example, m?n finds men and man; find* searches for find, finder, finding, finds
replace a corner by a plane terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid
A string can be truncated if it exceeds the maximum length of 80 characters in the following applications: cross references, sorting with IRM (if a sort order table is enabled, the maximum length of a string is 38 characters), some forms of output of comparisions of word lists
To insincerely leave unranked alternatives who will therefore be counted as equal and lower than all ranked alternatives This is one type of burying strategy
make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series" replace a corner by a plane terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid
to shorten a word, using a special symbol to replace letters at the end of a word This allows one search to retrieve singular or plural forms or different spellings of a word or name