truncating
Lopping the end
Truncating is cutting something short, removing an end portion rather than the whole.
You truncate text by cutting it off at a certain point: The title was truncated to fit the display.
In computing, truncating a number removes decimal places without rounding: truncating 3.7 yields 3.
Data gets truncated when storage runs out or limits are exceeded.
Piece cut out
- croppingCutting to resize
- cuttingDividing via sharp edge
- trimmingCutting away excess
- shorteningReducing length or duration
abbreviating · condensing · omitting · eliding · rounding · precision · overflow · digits
Dividing via sharp edge
- severingCutting apart completely
- loppingCutting away branches
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- dockingConnecting to a port
shearing · clipping · snipping · chopping · slicing · amputating · shaving · nipping
Reducing in extent
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- cappingSetting an upper limit
- boundingMoving by leaps
- constrainingImposing limits upon
narrowing · confining · halting · stopping · ending · terminating · discontinuing · cutting short
clipping
Piece cut out
shortening · abbreviating · condensing · omitting · eliding · rounding · precision · overflow · digits · decimals
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
docking · shearing · clipping · snipping · chopping · slicing · amputating · shaving · nipping · shortening
curtailing
Reducing in extent
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
- cappingSetting an upper limit
- boundingMoving by leaps
constraining · narrowing · confining · halting · stopping · ending · terminating · discontinuing · cutting short · breaking off
rounding
Adjusting to simpler values
- approximatingGetting close to
- digitsSingle-place numerals
- decimalsNumbers between whole values
precision · integers · floating-point · mantissa · remainder · floor · downward · places · notation
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- making smallershrinking, compressing, reducing, squeezing, compacting
- shorteningabbreviation, abbreviating, abridgment, contraction, clipping
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
truncatingextending
Increasing in reach
lengthening · elongating · stretching · expanding · prolonging
truncatingcompleting
Reaching the end of
supplementing · padding · appending · filling out · fleshing out