1. the acts or results of cutting off or shortening something
2. shortened versions of words, numbers, or data
Usage: computing; mathematics

Examples

• The truncations in the budget report made it difficult to understand the full financial picture.
• Database truncations can lead to data loss if not handled carefully.
• The editor made several truncations to fit the article within the word limit.
• Mathematical truncations remove decimal places without rounding.
• The truncations of employee names in the system caused confusion.
• File truncations occurred when the storage limit was exceeded.