title: Truncation (disambiguation)
text: # 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
  