Truncation (disambiguation)
# Truncation (disambiguation)

Truncation is the term used for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point by discarding the least significant ones.

Truncation may also refer to:

## Mathematics

* Truncation (statistics) refers to measurements which have been cut off at some value
* Truncation (numerical analysis) refers to truncating an infinite sum by a finite one
* Truncation (geometry) is the removal of one or more parts, as for example in truncated cube
* Propositional truncation, a type former which truncates a type down to a mere proposition

## Computer science

* Data truncation, an event that occurs when a file or other data is stored in a location too small to accommodate its entire length
* Truncate (SQL), a command in the SQL data manipulation language to quickly remove all data from a table

## Biology

* Truncate, a leaf shape
* Truncated protein, a protein shortened by a mutation which specifically induces premature termination of messenger RNA translation

## Other uses

* Cheque truncation, the conversion of physical cheques into electronic form for transmission to the paying bank
* Clipping (morphology), the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts
* Truncation (archaeology), also 'cut', the removal of archaeological deposits from an archaeological record
