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truncated

trun·ca·ted

UK/tɹʌŋˈkeɪtɪd/ US/ˈtrʌˌŋkeɪtɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

cut short in duration

  • “the abbreviated speech”
  • “a curtailed visit”
  • “her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking”
  • “an unsatisfactory truncated conversation”
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2.

terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

  • “a truncate leaf”
  • “truncated volcanic mountains”
  • “a truncated pyramid”
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Phrases

  • truncated cube
  • truncated cuboctahedron
  • truncated dodecahedron
  • truncated domes
  • truncated icosahedron
  • truncated icosidodecahedron
  • truncated octahedron
  • truncated tetrahedron

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