Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truncation

3 senses of truncation

Sense 1
shortness, truncation -- (the property of being truncated or short)
       => lowness -- (the quality of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling")

Sense 2
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))
       => carving, cutting -- (removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape)

Sense 3
truncation -- (the act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs")
       => shortening -- (act of decreasing in length; "the dress needs shortening")