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Term: Truncate

Part of Speech: Verb

Sense 1: To shorten something by cutting off a part

Usage: When editing an article, it is common to truncate lengthy sentences to improve readability.

Sample Sentence:

"The professor decided to truncate the conclusion of his research paper to meet the word count limit."

Sense 2: To shorten or abbreviate a number or value by removing decimal places or digits

Usage: The calculator can automatically truncate the decimal places into a whole number.

Sample Sentence:

"The program will truncate the final answer to two decimal places."

Sense 3: To remove a segment from a data file or database table

Usage: Make sure to back up your database before you truncate any tables, as this action is irreversible.

Sample Sentence:

"To improve performance, the system administrator decided to truncate the unnecessary log data from the database."

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• Truncation Software
• Database Management Tools
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