Category:Truncated

Trun"ca*ted, a.

1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.

2. (min.)

Defn: replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally Inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

3. (zoöl.)

Defn: 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.