Truncated

(imp. & p. p.) of Truncate

(a.) Cut off; cut short; maimed.

(a.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.

(a.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.

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• Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The meanest streets are strewed with truncated columns, broken capitals--Corinthian and Ionic, and sparkling fragments of granite or porphyry. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• As we neared the dark, truncated cone the vessel's speed was diminished until we barely moved. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Our only clue lay in the truncated telegram, and with a copy of this in his hand Holmes set forth to find a second link for his chain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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