frustum
the part of a conical solid left after cutting off a top portion with a plane parallel to the base.
the part of a solid, as a cone or pyramid, between two usually parallel cutting planes.
Origin of frustum
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How to use frustum in a sentence
When they had reached the frustum's base, Urim descended and, in turn, presented various members of his retinue.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton BrowneThe others amused themselves all around me; I found my delight in the frustum of a pyramid.
The Life of the Fly | J. Henri FabreThe form of the stand is the frustum of a hexagonal pyramid reversed, about six or eight inches in diameter.
The History of Sumatra | William MarsdenOf course, when I was taught how to measure a cone, I was also instructed to do the same with the frustum of one.
The Boy Tar | Mayne ReidAt ferrum, quod pluit in Taurinis, cuius frustum apud nos extat, qua ex fodina sustulit nubes?
On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth | William Gilbert of Colchester
British Dictionary definitions for frustum
/ (ˈfrʌstəm) /
geometry
the part of a solid, such as a cone or pyramid, contained between the base and a plane parallel to the base that intersects the solid
the part of such a solid contained between two parallel planes intersecting the solid
architect a single drum of a column or a single stone used to construct a pier
Origin of frustum
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