abstract:A truncated mean or trimmed mean is a statistical measure of central tendency, much like the mean and median. It involves the calculation of the mean after discarding given parts of a probability distribution or sample at the high and low end, and typically discarding an equal amount of both.
But to use this an antecedent to his questions, it would put him in a position if the president admitted shaking hands with someone, then under this truncated deposition, or definition, he could say or somehow construe that to mean that that involved some sort of sexual relations.