TRUNCATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of cutting short
   Usage Example(s)
   • it is an obvious truncation of the verse
   • they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs
   Hypernyms(s) truncation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shortening (what does shortening mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • truncate (what does truncate mean?)
   • cut short (what does cut short mean?)
2. Meaning
   • 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)
   Hypernyms(s) truncation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • carving (what does carving mean?)
   • cutting (what does cutting mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • truncate (what does truncate mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the property of being truncated or short
   Synonym(s)
   • shortness (what does shortness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) truncation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lowness (what does lowness mean?)