truncation
英 [trʌŋ'keɪʃən]
美[trʌŋ'keʃən]
- n. 截断；切掉顶端
英英释意
- 1. the property of being truncated or short
- 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"