truncating
US[truhng-key-ting]/ˈtrʌŋˌkeɪtɪŋ/3 syllables
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“truncating” is listed under Truncate.
Trun′cate transitive verb [past tense & past participle Truncated; present participle & verbal noun Truncating.]
Origin: L. truncatus, p. p. of truncare to cut off, mutilate, fr. truncus maimed, mutilated, cut short. See Trunk.
To cut off; to lop; to maim.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54
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