truncation (n.)the property of being truncated or short;
truncation (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);
truncation (n.)the act of cutting short;
they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs
it is an obvious truncation of the verse
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