Definition of "truncate"

truncate

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present truncates, present participle truncating, simple past and past participle truncated
1. (transitive) To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.
  Quotations
  All these great plans were in vain, however, for in the cold dawn following the "Mania" years of 1845-46 the M.B.M. & M.J.R. project was truncated to an 11½-mile line from Ambergate to Rowsley.
  1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149
2. (mathematics, transitive) To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.
3. (geometry) To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
adjective
not comparable
1. Truncated.
2. (botany, anatomy) Having an abrupt termination.