"truncations" in the noun sense
1. shortness, truncation
the property of being truncated or short
2. truncation
the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
3. truncation
the act of cutting short
"it is an obvious truncation of the verse"
"they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
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