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truncation: the act of cutting short; "it is an obvious truncation of the verse"; "they were sentenced to a truncation of their limbs"; the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)

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elision collapse: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)

ellipsis collapse: omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

teratology collapse: the branch of biology concerned with the development of malformations or serious deviations from the normal type of organism

harelip collapse

hunchback collapse

swayback collapse

cleft palate collapse: a congenital fissure of the hard palate

camelback collapse

precis collapse: make a summary (of)

malformation collapse: something abnormal or anomalous

conspectus collapse: an overall summary

synopsis collapse

contraction collapse: the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope; (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber); a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'"

shrinkage collapse: the amount by which something shrinks

clubfoot collapse: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes

flatfoot collapse: a foot afflicted with a fallen arch; abnormally flattened and spread out; a policeman who patrols a given region

clipping collapse: an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"

decrement collapse

impairment collapse: damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

recapitulation collapse: a summary at the end that repeats the substance of a longer discussion; (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) in which musical themes that were introduced earlier are repeated

depletion collapse: the act of decreasing something markedly; the state of being depleted

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

summation collapse: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives seven"; "four plus three equals seven"; a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court); (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce

derogation collapse: (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed"

syncope collapse: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

abridgment collapse

epitome collapse: a brief abstract (as of an article or book)

retrenchment collapse: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

diminution collapse: the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

abbreviation collapse: shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

splayfoot collapse

lessening collapse

retraction collapse: the act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin"; a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion

monstrosity collapse: something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity"

disfigurement collapse: an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen; "there were distinguishing disfigurements on the suspect's back"; "suffering from facial disfiguration"

disparagement collapse: the act of speaking contemptuously of; a communication that belittles somebody or something

curtailment collapse: the temporal property of being cut short

mutilation collapse: an injury that deprives you of a limb or other important body part

summary collapse: a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

remission collapse: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court); an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"

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