truncated

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  1. adjective Having the apex cut off and replaced by a plane, especially one parallel to the base. Used of a cone or pyramid.
  2. adjective Lacking one or more syllables, especially in the final foot; catalectic.
  3. adjective Lacking an initial or final syllable. Used of a line of verse.
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  • There's a kind of truncated Camarasaurus skeleton, but the geometry's correct. —  Caleb Chung plays with Pleo
  • Fire engines, truncated, absurdly small, sprayed water ineffectually from heavy fabric hoses. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 03 - March 1997
  • TABs: My Tab Names are truncated, they were "Alika Marafiki" and "Ukurasa Wangu" (for invite friends and My Page respectively) now they read as you see on the screen shot below Network is 100\% Swahili, I still cant translate some words since they are not listed in the Lang Editor, could I please get access to the Chat words like: Online (2), Main, view profile, —  Ning Blog
  • And at times, it can be really annoying, having the end of the layer name truncated. —  All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
  • Truth be told, I am a little down on "Heroes" right now, and not just because of the repetition or the writer's strike-truncated Season Two. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
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