[trun.cate] adj [L truncatus, pp. of truncare to shorten, fr. truncus trunk] (1716): having the end square or even "the ~ leaves of the tulip tree"
[2]truncate vt trun.cat.ed ; trun.cat.ing (ca. 1727) 1: to shorten by or as if by cutting off
2: to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane -- trun.ca.tion n