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truncation [trung-ka´shun]
in information science, a process for retrieving alternative endings or beginnings of a term without having to specify the actual variations.
truncation 
Removal of the peripheral part of a contact lens. The truncation is often undertaken at the base of a prism ballast lens. See ballast.
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