truncation
truhng kay shuhn
- n the property of being truncated or short
- n the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
- n the act of cutting short
it is an obvious truncation of the verse
they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs
- To Architect Cram, proofreaders' apologies for a sorry truncation.
- The word politician, which may carry enough downbeat connotation for most tastes, can be given additional unsavoriness by truncation: pol.
- As precedent for military trials, the Administration cites the 1942 execution of Nazi saboteurs, an embarrassing truncation of due process rendered by a Supreme Court that two .