transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrʌŋkeɪt ]
v. & adj. --v.tr. 1 cut the top or the end from (a tree, a body, a piece of writing, etc.). 2 Crystallog. replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane. --adj. Bot. & Zool. (of a leaf or feather etc.) ending abruptly as if cut off at the base or tip. øøtruncately adv. truncation n. [L truncare truncat- maim]