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Synonyms for truncate

Grammar : Verb
Spell : truhng-keyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtrʌŋ keɪt

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Définition of truncate

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Latin truncatus "cut off," past participle of truncare "to maim, cut off," from truncus "mutilated, cut off" (see trunk). Related: Truncated; truncating.
  • verb shorten
Example sentences :
  • The fourth glume is very narrow, truncate, 3-nerved, paleate.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
  • Abdomen half as long as the thorax, also of irregular and oblique form, with knee-shaped outline and a wide, truncate mouth.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The regular, circular pores are in the campanulate thorax scarcely half as broad as in the truncate, gradually dilated abdomen.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • In Catabrosa the glumes are truncate, as if bitten off at the top.
  • Extract from : « Grasses » by H. Marshall Ward
  • Tree upright, leafy, very productive; leaves large, truncate.
  • Extract from : « The Pears of New York » by U. P. Hedrick
  • The foot tapers behind to a sharp point, and is truncate in front.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • The upper margin of the cephalothorax is not rounded, but truncate.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology: Volume 6, Number 4, December 1914 » by Various
  • The truncate, cone-shaped breach has often been of great use to me.
  • Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre
  • Truncate, with the end as if cut off square; as in Fig. 136.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
  • Branched dichotomously; branches short, incrassated, truncate.
  • Extract from : « Narrative Of The Voyage Of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By The Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During The Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries And Surveys In New Guinea, The Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. To Which Is Added The Account Of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition For The Exploration Of The Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist To The Expedition. In Two Volumes. Volume 1. » by John MacGillivray

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