truncate

transitive verb

To shorten or reduce: synonym: shorten.

transitive verb

To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.

transitive verb

To replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.

adjective

Appearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.

adjective

Truncated.

Truncated.

To reduce in size or quantity by cutting; cut down; maim.

In crystallography, to cut off an angle or edge by a plane section.

adjective

Appearing as if cut off at the tip.

transitive verb

To cut off; to lop; to maim.