Definition of "truncation" [trun•ca•tion]

• The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses) (noun)
• The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number (noun)
• The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions) (noun)

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• "Some previous applicants will be pleased to know that a quirk known as "truncation" - in which some words, or parts of words, have been inadvertently cut off during submission, for those applicants who didn't preview their work - is likely to become a thing of the past in the form's new incarnation."
• "On the neck truncation is a monogram of Gilroy Robert’s initials GR."
• "This is referred to as the truncation problem because there is no standard procedure for determining when energy costs become small enough to neglect."