TRUNCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does truncation mean? 

• TRUNCATION (noun)
  The noun TRUNCATION has 3 senses:

1. the property of being truncated or short

2. 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)

3. the act of cutting short

  Familiarity information: TRUNCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUNCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being truncated or short

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

shortness; truncation

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

lowness (the quality of being low; lacking height)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

carving; cutting (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)

Derivation:

truncate (replace a corner by a plane)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of cutting short

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs

Hypernyms ("truncation" is a kind of...):

shortening (act of decreasing in length)

Derivation:

truncate (make shorter as if by cutting off)

 Context examples 

Frameshift mutations often result in the premature truncation of a gene product.

(Frameshift Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutations and truncations in the protein have been implicated in the pathogenesis of fibrofolliculoma formation, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, and colorectal tumorigenesis.

(Folliculin, NCI Thesaurus)

Truncation of the cytochrome P450 3A5*6 protein causes complete loss of enzymatic activity.

(CYP3A5*6 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome is associated with mutations that result in truncation of this gene.

(CDC73 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)