truncation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the property of being truncated or short
Types & categories
- lowness hypernym
Related & opposite
- short derivation
Sense 2 noun
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)
Types & categories
- carving hypernym
Related & opposite
- truncate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of cutting short
it is an obvious truncation of the verse
Types & categories
- shortening hypernym
Related & opposite
- cut short derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | short |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lowness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | truncate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | carving |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cut short |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shortening |