Truncation

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.NounThe act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).

2.NounThe removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.

3.NounAn operation in any dimension that cuts a regular polytope at its vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex.

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