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truncation

/tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
trun-ca-tion
IPA
/tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: truncātiō, truncāre

Usage

Inflected Forms

truncations (plural)

Derived Forms

antitruncation bitruncation cantitruncation omnitruncation runcicantitruncation runcitruncation tritruncation truncational

Frequently Paired Words

truncate truncated

Synonyms

shortness

Questions

How do you pronounce truncation?
The recorded pronunciation is /tɹʌŋˈkeɪʃən/.
What does truncation mean?
The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
Where does truncation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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