truncated
truncated is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
- 2.(Zoöl.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- arrear
- break
- caret
- complete
- crude
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- discontinuity
- failing
- fall
- gap
- going
- half
- halves
- hand
- hole
- hollow
- immaturity
- imperfect
- imperfection
- incomplete
- incompletely
- incompleteness
- insufficiency
- insufficient
- interval
- lack
- lacuna
- lame
- link
- meager
- measure
- missing
- neglect
- noncompletion
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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