| truncate | To cut off or to appear to have been cut off. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| truncate ascertainment | Method of locating affected individuals in which probability of locating any specific patient has a known value between 0 and 1. Synonym: truncate ascertainment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| truncated | 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed. 2. <chemical> Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. 3. <zoology> Lacking the apex; said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. <geometry> Truncated cone or pyramid, a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |