A word with the same meaning as another formed by removing one or more of the syllables of the longer word, and considered a word in its own right rather than an abbreviation.
Particularly in Slavic languages, a shortened form of the adjective, used predicatively.
The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number.
The replacement of a solid angle by a plane, or a similar operation in other dimensions.