Word: truncation
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: trun
ca
tion
Definition: The replacement of a solid angle by a plane, or a similar operation in other dimensions.
Morphemes:
Affix: truncate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: truncātus
Language: la
Decoded: truncatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: maimed, mutilated, having been maimed by having limbs cut off.
Affix: -ion
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: an action or process, or the result of an action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -iō
Language: la
Decoded: -io
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form abstract nouns from verbs.