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truncation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shortening |
| Derivation | truncate |
it is an obvious truncation of the verse.
they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs.
Examples of truncation
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It makes truncation easier but not significantly so compared to UTF-8 and UTF-16.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The arrowhead denotes the minichromosome produced by telomere mediated truncation.
From the sciencedaily.com
Truncation of positive real numbers can be done using the floor function.
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A truncation process applied to the tetrahedron produces a series of uniform polyhedra.
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Nick grieves at the loss of his friend, and for the abrupt truncation of their shared history.
From the denverpost.com
These processes are also linguistically subsumed under a process called clipping or truncation.
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The truncation error can be twice the maximum error in rounding.
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Mr Netanyahu is not reconciled to such a truncation of his term.
From the economist.com
It then radically drops off in the rear in a rounded truncation.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Shortness: the property of being truncated or short
- 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)
- The act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
- (truncated) abbreviated: cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation"
- (truncated) truncate: terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid"
- 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.
- 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.
- In geometry, a truncation is an operation in any dimension that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.
- In statistics, truncation results in values that are limited above or below, resulting in a truncated sample. Truncation is similar to but distinct from the concept of statistical censoring. ...
