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Definition: Truncated |
TruncatedAdjective1. Cut short in duration; "the abbreviated speech"; "a curtailed visit"; "her shortened life was clearly the result of smoking"; "an unsatisfactory truncated conversation". 2. Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off; "a truncate leaf"; "truncated volcanic mountains"; "a truncated pyramid". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "truncated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
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Geography | A)of a profile, the total or partial loss of its upper horizon(s); b)of a horizon, its partial loss, e. g. by erosion. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonyms: TruncatedSynonyms: abbreviated (adj), shortened (adj), truncate (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Incompleteness | Mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Truncated |
| English words defined with "truncated": abbreviated, air sleeve, air sock ♦ Conical pulley, cut short ♦ drogue ♦ Emarginated ♦ Jerkinhead ♦ lookdown, lookdown fish ♦ Selene vomer, shortened, shortness, sock, Stubbed, sugar loaf ♦ Titler, truncate, truncation ♦ wind sleeve, wind sock, windsock. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "truncated": bell sheave, Bird solid-bowl centrifuge, blind apex ♦ clipped time series, Codon, Nonsense, cone crusher ♦ doubly truncated normal distribution, dovetail way, dovetailed way ♦ faceted spur ♦ Genes, erbB-2 ♦ hail cannon ♦ octopine synthase, Oncogene Proteins v-erbA, Oncogene Proteins v-erbB ♦ panhead ♦ rollers ♦ spar tree ♦ TRAWL NET MAKER ♦ vaxocentrism ♦ wedge-out. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Truncated with Only Two Players How to Make Dhyrak: A Dramatic Work for Three Players and Camera (1999) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Manhattan skyline truncated by fog. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This truncated corner was entirely filled by a thing which seemed like a colossal and miserable door. |
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Civil Liberties | Hungary | Only FIDESZ-led coalition Government delegates served on the truncated media boards for Hungarian Public Radio and Hungarian Public Television, despite the fact that the law requires politically proportional representation on the boards. (references) |
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| "Truncated" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 72.88% of the time. "Truncated" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 72.88% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 18.64% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 8.47% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 118 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "truncated": doubly truncated normal distribution ♦ truncated cone ♦ truncated pyramid. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "truncated"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i prerë (amputated, categorical, crisp, curdy, curt, cut, felled, firm, flat, flat-footed, hewn, indented, Nick, outright, peremptory, positive, pronounced, shorn, short, straight out, toreutic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | пресечена пирамида (truncated pyramid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 削 (Truncating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | komolý kužel (truncated cone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | dobbelt trunkeret normalfordeling (doubly truncated normal distribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | onthoofd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kahdesti typistetty normaalijakauma (doubly truncated normal distribution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tronqué (truncate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stutzte (bobbed), an/abgeschnitten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολοβόσ (snag, tailless, truncate), διαβρωμένο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | megcsonkított (maimed, mutilated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | buntung (blunt, blunted, lopped off, polled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | troncato. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | '錐台 (truncated pyramid), 円錐台 (circular truncated cone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かくすい い (truncated pyramid), え"すい い (circular truncated cone). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | giarrit (carved, censored, chopped, clipped, condensed, curtailed, disconnected, hewn, intersected, lanced, lopped, nicked, shortened, slashed, trimmed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uncatedtray truncado (abrupt). (various references) усеченный. (various references) zarubljen, okrnjen (chipped). (various references) truncado (felled), troncado. (various references) rumphuggen (tail-docked), avskuren profil. (various references) скорочений (abbreviated, abridged, clipped, reduced, telegraphic), спотворений (anamorphous, awry, cam, deformed, distorted, misshapen, putrid, strained), зрізаний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Truncated" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: runcated, trancate, trancated, Trongate, trucate, truncatew, trunciated, truncuate, trunicate, trunkate, trunkated, turncated. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "truncated" (pronounced tru"ngkā'tud) |
| 5 | -k ā' t u d | abdicated, adjudicated, advocated, allocated, authenticated, bifurcated, communicated, complicated, confiscated, domesticated, duplicated, educated, eradicated, excommunicated, extricated, fabricated, implicated, inculcated, indicated, intoxicated, located, lubricated, medicated, misallocated, pontificated, predicated, prefabricated, prognosticated, reallocated, reciprocated, replicated, sophisticated, suffocated, syndicated, unallocated, uncomplicated, uneducated, unsophisticated. |
| 4 | -ā' t u d | abbreviated, abrogated, accelerated, accentuated, acclimated, accommodated, accumulated, activated, adulterated, affiliated, aggravated, aggregated, agitated, alienated, alleviated, alternated, amalgamated, ameliorated, amputated, angulated, animated, annihilated, anticipated, antiquated, appreciated, appropriated, approximated, arbitrated, articulated, aspirated, assassinated, assimilated, associated, attenuated, automated, backdated, caffeinated, calculated, calibrated, capitulated, captivated, carbonated, castigated, castrated, celebrated, chlorinated, circulated, collaborated, commemorated, compensated, concentrated, congratulated, congregated, consecrated, consolidated, constipated, consummated, contaminated, contemplated, cooperated, correlated, corroborated, corrugated, crenelated, culminated, cultivated, deactivated, debilitated, decaffeinated, decapitated, decelerated, decimated, decontaminated, decorated, degenerated, delegated, deliberated, delineated, demonstrated, denigrated, denominated, depreciated, desegregated, designated, deteriorated, detonated, devaluated, devastated, deviated, dictated, differentiated, dilapidated, discriminated, disintegrated, disseminated, dissipated, dominated, donated, elevated, eliminated, elucidated, emaciated, emanated, emancipated, emasculated, emigrated, emulated, encapsulated, enumerated, enunciated, escalated, estimated, evacuated, evaluated, evaporated, eviscerated, exacerbated, exaggerated, exasperated, excavated, excoriated, exhilarated, exonerated, expropriated, exterminated, extrapolated, facilitated, fascinated, federated, fixated, flagellated, fluctuated, formulated, frustrated, generated, germinated, glaciated, graduated, gravitated, gyrated, halogenated, hesitated, humiliated, hydrated, hydrogenated, hyphenated, illuminated, illustrated, imitated, immigrated, impersonated, impregnated, inactivated, inaugurated, incapacitated, incarcerated, incinerated, incorporated, indoctrinated, infatuated, infiltrated, infuriated, initiated, innovated, inoculated, instigated, insulated, integrated, interpolated, interrogated, intimated, intimidated, inundated, invalidated, investigated, invigorated, irradiated, irrigated, irritated, isolated, laminated, legislated, levitated, liberated, liquidated, litigated, mandated, manipulated, marinated, masturbated, mediated, migrated, misappropriated, miscalculated, mitigated, moderated, motivated, mutated, mutilated, narrated, nauseated, navigated, necessitated, negotiated, nominated, nonregulated, obligated, obliterated, officiated, operated, opinionated, orchestrated, orientated, originated, outdated, overestimated, overregulated, overstated, oxygenated, participated, penetrated, perforated, permeated, perpetrated, perpetuated, pollinated, populated, precipitated, predominated, premeditated, proliferated, promulgated, propagated, punctuated, radiated, reactivated, rebated, recalculated, recreated, redecorated, reevaluated, reformulated, refrigerated, regenerated, regulated, rehabilitated, reincarnated, reintegrated, reinvigorated, reiterated, rejuvenated, relegated, renegotiated, renominated, renovated, repatriated, repudiated, resonated, resuscitated, retaliated, reverberated, rotated, ruminated, salivated, saturated, segregated, separated, serrated, simulated, situated, speculated, stagnated, stalemated, stimulated, stipulated, subjugated, subordinated, substantiated, syncopated, tabulated, terminated, titillated, tolerated, unadulterated, unaffiliated, unanticipated, unappreciated, uncompensated, unconsolidated, uncontaminated, underestimated, understated, undifferentiated, unincorporated, uninitiated, unmitigated, unregulated, unsaturated, unsubstantiated, venerated, ventilated. |
| 3 | -t u d | abated, abducted, abetted, aborted, abstracted, abutted, accented, accepted, accosted, accounted, accredited, acquainted, acquitted, acted, adapted, addicted, adjusted, admitted, adopted, affected, afflicted, affronted, airlifted, alerted, allotted, amounted, annotated, anted, appointed, arrested, assaulted, asserted, assisted, assorted, attempted, attested, attracted, attributed, audited, augmented, averted, awaited, baited, bankrupted, bated, batted, belated, belted, benefited, benefitted, benighted, berated, bested, bigoted, blacklisted, blanketed, blasted, blighted, bloated, blunted, blurted, boasted, boated, bolted, boosted, booted, boycotted, breasted, budgeted, busted, carbureted, carotid, carpeted, carted, catapulted, cemented, chanted, charted, chatted, cheated, chested, circuited, circumvented, cited, closeted, clotted, coasted, coated, coexisted, collected, comforted, commented, committed, commuted, compacted, competed, complemented, completed, complimented, computed, conceited, concerted, concocted, conducted, conflicted, confronted, congested, conjugated, connected, conscripted, consented, consisted, constituted, constricted, constructed, consulted, contacted, contented, contested, contorted, contracted, contradicted, contrasted, contributed, converted, convicted, convoluted, coordinated, copyrighted, corrected, corrupted, costed, counted, counteracted, counterfeited, courted, coveted, crafted, created, credited, cremated, crested, crusted, darted, dated, daunted, debated, dedicated, deducted, defaulted, defeated, defected, deflated, deflected, dehydrated, dejected, deleted, delighted, delisted, demented, demoted, denoted, dented, departed, depicted, depleted, deported, deposited, deregulated, desecrated, deserted, destructed, detected, detested, detracted, devoted, digested, dilated, diluted, directed, disaffected, disappointed, disassociated, disconnected, discontented, discounted, discredited, disenchanted, disgusted, disinterested, disinvited, disjointed, dislocated, disoriented, dispirited, disputed, disrespected, disrupted, dissected, dissented, distorted, distracted, distributed, distrusted, diverted, divested, documented, dotted, doubted, drafted, drifted, dusted, edited, effected, ejected, elaborated, elated, elected, electrocuted, elicited, elongated, emitted, enacted, enchanted, encrusted, encrypted, enlisted, entrusted, equated, erected, erupted, escorted, evicted, exacted, exalted, excepted, excerpted, excited, executed, exempted, exerted, exhausted, exhibited, exhorted, existed, exited, expected, expedited, experimented, exploited, exported, extorted, extracted, extradited, extroverted, exulted, faceted, fainted, fainthearted, farsighted, fasted, fated, faulted, feasted, fermented, ferreted, feted, fetid, filleted, fingerprinted, fisted, fitted, flabbergasted, flaunted, flirted, floated, flouted, foisted, fomented, footed, footnoted, forecasted, forested, forfeited, fragmented, frequented, fretted, fronted, frosted, gated, gifted, gloated, glutted, grafted, granted, grated, greeted, grunted, guested, gusted, gutted, halfhearted, hallucinated, halted, handcrafted, harvested, hated, hearted, heated, helmeted, highlighted, hinted, hoisted, hooted, hosted, hunted, ignited, impacted, imparted, implanted, implemented, imported, imprinted, imputed, incited, indebted, indicted, indited, inducted, infected, infested, inflated, inflected, inflicted, ingested, inhabited, inherited, inhibited, injected, inserted, insinuated, insisted, inspected, instituted, instructed, insulted, interacted, intercepted, interconnected, interdicted, interested, interjected, interpreted, interrelated, interrupted, intersected, introverted, invented, inverted, invested, invited, jacketed, jetted, jilted, jointed, jolted, jotted, knighted, knitted, knotted, lambasted, lamented, lasted, lifted, lighted, lighthearted, limited, listed, looted, lusted, maladjusted, malted, maltreated, manifested, marketed, masted, mated, melted, merited, meted, minted, misdirected, misinterpreted, misquoted, misreported, misrepresented, misstated, mistreated, mistrusted, modulated, molested, mounted, multifaceted, muted, nearsighted, negated, neglected, nested, netted, noted, objected, obstructed, omitted, opted, orbited, oriented, ornamented, ousted, outed, outfitted, outlasted, outvoted, overacted, overexcited, overheated, overpopulated, overrated, overreacted, overrepresented, overweighted, painted, panted, parachuted, parted, pasted, patented, patted, pelleted, pelted, perfected, permitted, persecuted, persisted, perverted, petted, picketed, piloted, pinpointed, pirated, pitted, pivoted, planted, plated, plotted, plummeted, pocketed, pointed, polluted, ported, posited, posted, potted, pouted, predated, predicted, preempted, preexisted, presented, prevented, printed, profited, prohibited, projected, promoted, prompted, prorated, prosecuted, protected, protested, protracted, purported, putted, quieted, quilted, quoted, rafted, ranted, ratcheted, rated, reacted, readjusted, readmitted, reappointed, rearrested, reasserted, rebutted, recanted, recited, recollected, reconnected, reconstituted, reconstructed, recounted, recruited, redacted, redirected, redistributed, redrafted, reelected, reenacted, refitted, reflected, refuted, regimented, regretted, reignited, reinstated, reinstituted, reinterpreted, reinvented, reinvested, reinvited, rejected, related, relented, relocated, remarketed, remitted, rented, repainted, repeated, repented, replanted, reported, represented, reprinted, reputed, requested, rerouted, resented, resisted, resorted, respected, restarted, restated, rested, restricted, resubmitted, resulted, resurrected, retested, retorted, retracted, retreated, retrofitted, reunited, reverted, revisited, revolted, righted, rioted, riveted, roasted, rocketed, roosted, rooted, rotted, rusted, rutted, sainted, salted, saluted, sandblasted, sated, scapegoated, scented, scouted, scripted, sculpted, seated, secreted, sedated, segmented, selected, shafted, shifted, shorted, shortsighted, shouted, shunted, sifted, sighted, silhouetted, sited, skated, skirted, skyrocketed, slanted, slated, slighted, slotted, snorted, solicited, sorted, spirited, sported, spotlighted, spotted, spouted, sprinted, sprouted, spurted, squirted, started, stated, stilted, stunted, subcontracted, subjected, submitted, substituted, subtracted, subverted, suggested, suited, superheated, supplanted, supplemented, supported, surmounted, suspected, swatted, sweated, tainted, talented, targeted, tasted, taunted, tempted, tested, throated, thwarted, ticketed, tightfisted, tilted, tinted, toasted, tormented, toted, touted, transacted, transected, translated, transmitted, transplanted, transported, treated, trotted, trumpeted, trusted, tufted, twisted, unabated, unaccounted, unaccredited, unadjusted, unaffected, unassisted, unaudited, unbolted, uncharted, uncoated, uncollected, uncommitted, uncompleted, unconnected, uncontested, uncontradicted, unconverted, uncoordinated, uncorrected, uncorroborated, uncounted, undated, undaunted, undefeated, undercounted, underrated, underreported, underrepresented, undetected, undiluted, undisputed, undistributed, undocumented, undoubted, unedited, unelected, unexpected, unexploited, unindicted, uninfected, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninterested, uninterrupted, uninvited, United, unlimited, unlisted, unmolested, unobstructed, unpainted, unprecedented, unprotected, unrated, unreconstructed, unrelated, unreported, unrepresented, unrequited, unrestricted, unscripted, unseated, unsolicited, unstated, unsuited, unsupported, unsuspected, untainted, untested, untreated, unwanted, unwarranted, updated, uplifted, uprooted, vacated, vaccinated, vacillated, validated, vatted, vaulted, vaunted, vented, vested, vetted, vindicated, violated, visited, voted, wafted, waited, wanted, warranted, wasted, weighted, whetted, whited, wholehearted, wilted, witted, worsted, wrested. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: reductant. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-n-r-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: truanted, truncate, uncrated, underact, untraced. | |
-2 letters: attuned, centaur, curated, curtate, daunter, detract, durance, natured, nutated, taunted, taunter, traduce, tranced, unacted, uncrate, unrated, untread. | |
-3 letters: acuter, ardent, attend, attune, cadent, canted, canter, carnet, carted, catted, cedarn, centra, craned, crated, curate, cutter, dancer, decant, nacred, natter, nature, nectar, nutate, nutted, nutter, ranted, ratted, ratten, recant. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-n-r-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: reductants. | |
+2 letters: traducement, uncastrated. | |
+3 letters: counteracted, countertrade, traducements, uncontracted, undistracted. | |
+4 letters: adventuristic, congratulated, counterstated, countertrades, documentarist, subcontracted, ultradistance, unarticulated, underactivity. | |
+5 letters: counterstained, documentarists, ultradistances, unacculturated, uncontradicted. | |
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