Truncate

(verb.) make shorter as if by cutting off; 'truncate a word'; 'Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains'.

(verb.) approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one; 'truncate a series'.

(verb.) replace a corner by a plane.

(adj.) 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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• Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• As we neared the dark, truncated cone the vessel's speed was diminished until we barely moved. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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