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truncation in Swedish

truncation in Swedish is avkortning — truncation means the process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.

truncation in Swedish

avkortning
noun
(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).

What does "truncation" mean?

  1. noun The process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.
  2. noun (maths) The dropping of the final digits of a decimal number.
  3. 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 Swedish?
"truncation" in Swedish is avkortning. truncation means: The process of making something shorter, for example cutting words down to form a blend word.
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