The difference between Dual polyhedron and Truncate


Dual polyhedron is also noun with the meaning: either of a pair of polyhedra in which the faces of one are equivalent to the vertices of the other.

Truncate is also verb with the meaning: to shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

Truncate is also adjective with the meaning: truncated.

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  1. Dual polyhedron as a noun (mathematics):

    Either of a pair of polyhedra in which the faces of one are equivalent to the vertices of the other.

  1. Truncate as a verb (transitive):

    To shorten (something) by, or as if by, cutting part of it off.

  2. Truncate as a verb (mathematics, transitive):

    To shorten (a decimal number) by removing trailing (or leading) digits.

  3. Truncate as a verb (geometry):

    To replace a corner by a plane (or to make a similar change to a crystal).

  1. Truncate as an adjective:

    Truncated.

  2. Truncate as an adjective (botany, anatomy):

    Having an abrupt termination.

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