truncation

Words with a similar base: truncation

'truncation'

[shortness.n.03] as in: the property of being truncated or short

'truncation'

[truncation.n.02] as in: 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)

'truncation'

[truncation.n.03] as in: the act of cutting short

Examples:
it is an obvious truncation of the verse
they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs

Origins

					truncation (English)
└── truncatio (Latin)
    └── truncare (Latin)

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