truncated

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To create the new structures, the researchers synthesized silver nanoparticles shaped like truncated octahedra, which they call "mecons."

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Though the film was originally reported to be three-and-a-half hours long, covering far more of Jackson’s life, this truncated version clocks in at just over two.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

The bill opened with an onstage, truncated ballet class, with Erán Fink at the piano, conducted by Tomas Karlborg, the group’s wisecracking ballet master.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

That sentiment was more clearly expanded on when the band closed out the Friday show with a truncated rendition of Bob Marley’s 1973 hit “Get Up, Stand Up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

From there we watch as people dressed like snowflakes, like elves, like rabbits, like sugar plum fairies, march past us, strangely truncated because we’re looking down on them.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood