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TRUNCATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminating abruptly by having or as if having an end or point cut off

Example:

a truncated pyramid

Synonyms:

truncate; truncated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make shorter as if by cutting off

Example:

Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains

Synonyms:

cut short; truncate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "truncate" is one way to...):

shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)

"Truncate" entails doing...:

chop off; cut off; lop off (remove by or as if by cutting)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

truncation (the act of cutting short)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one

Example:

truncate a series

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "truncate" is one way to...):

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Replace a corner by a plane

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "truncate" is one way to...):

exchange; interchange; replace; substitute (put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items)

Domain category:

geometry (the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

truncation (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))

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 Context examples: 

A clonal disorder characterized by the secretion of a truncated gamma chain.

(Gamma Heavy Chain Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A point mutation occurring within the protein-coding region of a gene, and which codes for a stop that can truncate the protein.

(Nonsense Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

Truncated and mutated forms of the gene can be a factor in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

(IKZF1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A single-chain immunotoxin consisting of Fv fragments of the BR96 monoclonal antibody (MoAb) and a truncated Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE40) that lacking the binding domain.

(BR96 sFv-PE40, NCI Thesaurus)

Truncated forms of the protein are involved in the pathology of maturity-onset of diabetes, type 5.

(Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-Beta, NCI Thesaurus)

A fusion protein consisting of the cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) linked to a truncated form of Pseudomonas exotoxin with potential antineoplastic activity.

(IL4-Pseudomonas Exotoxin Fusion Protein PRX321, NCI Thesaurus)

Oncogene ETS was originally discovered as a chimeric component, along with a truncated v-myb gene, in the genome of E26, an avian leukosis virus.

(Oncogene ETS, NCI Thesaurus)

MMTV INT3 interruption of NOTCH4 produces a gain-of-function truncated product, containing only the transmembrane and intracellular domains, that has profound consequences for mammary gland development and tumorigenesis.

(Notch4 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

mRNA Surveillance works within elaborate cellular mechanisms to ensure accurate gene expression by assessing suitable mRNA quality for translation and prevents the synthesis of truncated or aberrant proteins.

(mRNA Surveillance, NCI Thesaurus)

RB94 is a modified, N-terminal truncated form of the full-length protein retinoblastoma gene RB110, and exerts enhanced antitumor activity.

(Liposome-encapsulated RB94 Plasmid DNA Gene Therapy Agent SGT-94, NCI Thesaurus)