truncation in Japanese
truncation in Japanese is 短縮 — truncation means the process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.
truncation in Japanese
短縮
Pronounced: tanshuku
(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
What does "truncation" mean?
- noun The process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.
- noun (maths) The dropping of the final digits of a decimal number.
- noun A geometric operation, carried out in any number of dimensions, that slices off the corners of a regular polytope, putting a new face in place of each corner.
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What is "truncation" in Japanese?
"truncation" in Japanese is 短縮. truncation means: The process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.
How do you pronounce 短縮?
"truncation" in Japanese is 短縮, pronounced "tanshuku".
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