Truncation (disambiguation)

Truncation (from Latin truncare cut, also truncation. Engl) generally stands for the cutting or removal of something, usually in a figurative sense. It takes place in the following cases apply:

• Truncation (language), the phenomenon of word formation, in which a word to a certain length is shortened
• Truncation (database), abbreviating a search term in a searchable database
• Truncation (mathematics), truncation of decimal places, a form of rounding

• Disambiguation