Truncated
Pronunciation : Trun"ca*ted
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2. (Min.)
Defn: Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
3. (Zo?l.)
Defn: Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. Truncated cone or pyramid (Geom.), a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913