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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

truncation
n 1: the property of being truncated or short [synonym: {shortness},
{truncation}]
2: 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)
3: the act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the
verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"