truncation

[ truhng-key-shuh n ]

/ trʌŋˈkeɪ ʃən /

the act or process of truncating.

the quality or state of being truncated.

Prosody. the omission of one or more unaccented syllables at the beginning or the end of a line of verse.

Banking. a system of electronic check recording under which canceled checks are not returned to customers by the bank.

Origin of truncation

1570–80; < Late Latin truncātiōn- (stem of truncātiō), equivalent to Latin truncātus (see truncate) + -iōn- -ion

sub·trun·ca·tion, noun

The outcrop of beds at the surface is commonly the truncation of these curves.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 |Various
The parts reproduced assume their previous relations, and effect a return to the balance impaired by their truncation.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various
The truncation of six of the edges of each has, in some manner or other, been effected.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various
But it is obvious that it is reproduction, or reversion back to the state which existed previous to the truncation of the edges.

The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869 |Various

The stock of bifid was at first extremely varied in the amount of this truncation.

Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila |Thomas Hunt Morgan