Truncated
Truncated , adjective
1.
Cut off; cut short; maimed.
2.
(Mineralogy) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge.
3.
(Zoology) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
Collocations (1)
Truncated cone or Truncated pyramid (Geometry) , a cone or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.