frustum
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frustum
noun frustums · frusta
- A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base. In a parabolic conoid this difference vaniſhes, the fruſtum being always equal to a cylinder of the ſame height upon the ſection of the conoid that biſects the altitude of the fruſtum and is parallel to its baſes.
- A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes. In some women it^([the os uteri]) is flat, in many more tuberose, and forming, as it were, a frustum of a sphere;[…].
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noun truncated cone or pyramid
| Español | tronco, tronco de geometría, tronco geométrico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 절두체 jeolduche |
| 中文 | 平截頭體 /平截头体 píngjié tóutǐ |
| हिन्दी | छिन्नक chinnak |
| Français | tronc |
| Deutsch | Kegelstumpf, Stumpf, Pyramidenstumpf |
| Italiano | tronco |
| Ελληνικά | κόλουρος κώνος kólouros kónos, κόλουρη πυραμίδα kólouri pyramída |
| Русский | усечённая пирами́да f pyramid usečónnaja piramída, усечённый ко́нус m cone usečónnyj kónus |
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@misc{frustum_2026,
title = {frustum},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frustum},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
