Truncation

n. act of shortening, act of cutting short; quality of being truncated; leaving out of unaccented syllables at the beginning or end of a line (Literature)

In mathematics, truncation is the term for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point, by discarding the least significant ones.For example, consider the real numbers5.634143254365365432.4381912886.3444444444444
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Noun
1. the property of being truncated or short
(synonym) shortness
(hypernym) lowness
2. the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
(hypernym) carving, cutting
(derivation) truncate
3. the act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"
(hypernym) shortening
(derivation) truncate, cut short

(n.)
The state of being truncated.
  

(n.)
The replacement of an edge or solid angle by a plane, especially when the plane is equally inclined to the adjoining faces.
  

(n.)
The act of truncating, lopping, or cutting off.
  

The deletion or omission of a leading or a trailing portion of a string in accordance with specified criteria.