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Catalectic vs Truncation - What's the difference?

catalectic | truncation |

As an adjective catalectic

is (poetry) said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.

As a noun truncation is

the act of truncating or shortening (in all senses).

catalectic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (poetry) Said of a line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
  • incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance
    • (Abney)

    See also

    * catalexis

    truncation

    English

    (wikipedia truncation)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses)
  • (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number
  • (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a similar operation in other dimensions)

    • Related terms

    * truncate

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