truncate
transitive verbTo shorten or reduce: synonym: shorten.
transitive verbTo shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
transitive verbTo replace (the edge of a crystal) with a plane face.
adjectiveAppearing to terminate abruptly, as a leaf of a tulip tree or a coiled gastropod shell that lacks a spire.
adjectiveTruncated.
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.
adjectiveAppearing as if cut off at the tip.
transitive verbTo cut off; to lop; to maim.