frustum
noun
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
frusta
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pluralof frustum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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For epithelia on a sphere, surface curvature is the same in all directions, and inverted frusta are expected.
From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018
It is possible for 3D shapes resembling frusta to form tubes.
From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018
Such constriction produces cells that are neither prisms nor frusta — but the shape that they form has had no name.
From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018
However, a better understanding of the mechanics of the shared interfaces on the sides of cells will be needed before cell shapes more complex than prisms and frusta can be modelled accurately in three dimensions6.
From Nature ● Sep. 9, 2018
I did not see any marks of the frusta of the columns having been joined by iron hooks, as at Palmyra.
From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by John Lewis Burckhardt
