Truncation (disambiguation)

Truncation is the term used for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point by discarding the least significant ones.

Truncation may also refer to:

Mathematics

 * Truncation (statistics) refers to measurements which have been cut off at some value
 * Truncation (numerical analysis) refers to truncating an infinite sum by a finite one
 * Truncation (geometry) is the removal of one or more parts, as for example in truncated cube
 * Propositional truncation, a type former which truncates a type down to a mere proposition

Computer science

 * Data truncation, an event that occurs when a file or other data is stored in a location too small to accommodate its entire length
 * Truncate (SQL), a command in the SQL data manipulation language to quickly remove all data from a table

Biology

 * Truncate, a leaf shape
 * Truncated protein, a protein shortened by a mutation which specifically induces premature termination of messenger RNA translation

Other uses

 * Cheque truncation, the conversion of physical cheques into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank
 * Clipping (morphology), the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts
 * Truncation (archaeology), also 'cut', the removal of archaeological deposits from an archaeological record