truncation

n. 切掉顶端, 截头, 截短 [计] 截断; 截除

发音

US /tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/

词形变化

truncations 复数 truncations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    可数 不可数 语言学
  2. 2.

    The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.

    可数 不可数 数学
  3. 3.

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

    可数 不可数 数学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

shortness

上位词 4

cutting carving shortening lowness

词源

From Late Latin truncātiō, from Latin truncāre, past participle truncātus (“to cut off”). By surface analysis, truncate + -ion.

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