Sentence example with the word 'truncation'

truncation

Definition n. the property of being truncated or short

Last update: June 10, 2015


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The outcrop of beds at the surface is commonly the truncation of these curves.   [Please select]

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We saw in the case of the Great Peacock that more serious reasons than the truncation of the antennæ made return as a rule impossible.   [Please select]

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The metathorax transversely and rather finely rugose, the truncation more strongly striated; the scutellum shining; the wings subhyaline, the nervures ferruginous; the tibiæ with scattered spines, the tarsi spinose.   [Please select]

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Head large, much wider than the thorax, oblong-ovate with a deep emargination behind; the clypeus slightly produced and truncate anteriorly, the angles of the truncation rounded, and with a central shining carina; the flagellum, except the tarsal joint, pale rufo-testaceous.   [Please select]

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Thorax rounded anteriorly and compressed behind; the scutellum prominent, forming a small tubercle; the metathorax obliquely truncate, the margin of the truncation elevated, so that when viewed sideways the metathorax forms an obtuse angular shape.   [Please select]

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Truncature: the truncation or point squarely cut off.   [Please select]

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