-ād.ə̇d, -ātə̇d adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin truncatus (past participle of truncare to cut off) + English -ed
1.
a. : having the apex replaced by a plane section and especially by one parallel to the base
volcanic mountains … bluntly truncated , owing to the whole top of the original cone having been blown away — C.A.Cotton
b. : having the edges or corners cut off by a line or plane — compare beveled
transformed into truncated spheres — D.W.Van Krevelen & Johannes Schuyer
2.
a. : abbreviated by or as if by lopping : cut short : curtailed
truncated headlands … are products of wave erosion — C.L.White & G.T.Renner
the present disc … includes the whole of the usually truncated orchestral introduction — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor
words truncated by his impatience — Frances Winwar
b. : marred by mutilation : maimed , mangled
a truncated body
the truncated economy … must be made to grow new industrial limbs — Time
such a truncated quotation does not do justice to the … argument — Nation
c. : lacking an expected or normal element (as a syllable) at beginning or end : acephalous , catalectic
a truncated line of verse
3. : squared off at the end ; specifically : truncate