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truncate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | truncated |
a truncate leaf.
truncated volcanic mountains.
a truncated pyramid.
truncate::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | approximate, judge, estimate, gauge, guess |
truncate a series.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | interchange, replace, exchange, substitute |
| Derivation | truncation |
Examples of truncate
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I don't truncate AVC's RSS feed and I don't truncate the posts on the main page.
From the avc.com
To demonize this responsiveness is to truncate our sensibility, our humanity.
From the theatlantic.com
All externally imposed programs truncate the link between leaders and the governed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Did you not know when you posted whether you were going to remove it or truncate it?
From the en.wikipedia.org
The rapidly approaching environmental catastrophe will truncate any of their efforts.
From the newscientist.com
In the end, the Navy decided to truncate production to just three Zumwalts.
From the sacbee.com
Some include the ability to extend or truncate the space allocated to the file system.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Try not to truncate the picture in the future, and you'll then be right.
From the economist.com
Currently, the article puts the TRUNCATE statement in the DDL section.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
- Replace a corner by a plane
- Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; "truncate a series"
- (truncated) abbreviated: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
- (truncation) shortness: the property of being truncated or short
- (truncation) 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)
- In mathematics and computer science, truncation is the term for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point, by discarding the least significant ones.
- In SQL, the TRUNCATE TABLE statement is a Data Definition Language (DDL) operation that marks the extents of a table for deallocation (empty for reuse). The result of this operation quickly removes all data from a table, typically bypassing a number of integrity enforcing mechanisms. ...
- (Truncation (banking)) Cheque truncation is the conversion of physical cheque into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank. This is to eliminating the cumbersome physical presentation and saves time and processing costs.
