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ˈfrʌs təmfrus·tum

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frustumnoun

    a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed

Wiktionary

  1. frustumnoun

    A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.

  2. frustumnoun

    A region of a sphere delimited by two parallel planes.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. FRUSTUMnoun

    A piece cut off from a regular figure. A term of science.

    Etymology: Latin.

Wikipedia

  1. Frustum

    In geometry, a frustum (from the Latin for 'morsel'; plural: frusta or frustums) is the portion of a solid (normally a pyramid or a cone) that lies between two parallel planes cutting this solid. In the case of a pyramid, the base faces are polygonal, the side faces are trapezoidal. A right frustum is a right pyramid or a right cone truncated perpendicularly to its axis; otherwise it is an oblique frustum. If all its edges are forced to become of the same length, then a frustum becomes a prism (possibly oblique or/and with irregular bases). In computer graphics, the viewing frustum is the three-dimensional region which is visible on the screen. It is formed by a clipped pyramid; in particular, frustum culling is a method of hidden surface determination. In the aerospace industry, a frustum is the fairing between two stages of a multistage rocket (such as the Saturn V), which is shaped like a truncated cone.

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  1. frustum

    A frustum is a geometric shape that is the result of cutting a smaller section off the top of a solid figure, such as a cone or pyramid, resulting in a new flat face on the top. Essentially, it is a portion of a solid that lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Frustumnoun

    the part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other

  2. Frustumnoun

    one of the drums of the shaft of a column

  3. Etymology: [L. fruslum piece, bit.]

Wikidata

  1. Frustum

    In geometry, a frustum is the portion of a solid that lies between two parallel planes cutting it. Because the point at the top is removed, there is no vertex in this figure as opposed to one vertex. The term is commonly used in computer graphics to describe the three-dimensional region which is visible on the screen, the "viewing frustum", which is formed by a clipped pyramid; in particular, frustum culling is a method of hidden surface determination. In the aerospace industry, frustum is the common term for the fairing between two stages of a multistage rocket, which is shaped like a truncated cone.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Frustum

    frus′tum, n. a slice of a solid body: the part of a cone which remains when the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base. [L. frustum, a bit.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of frustum in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of frustum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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  • пресечен конус, пресечена пирамидаBulgarian
  • Stumpf, Pyramidenstumpf, KegelstumpfGerman
  • κόλουρος κώνος, κόλουρη πυραμίδαGreek
  • katkaistu kartioFinnish
  • stúfurIcelandic
  • troncoItalian
  • усечённый конус, усечённая пирамидаRussian
  • kesik koniTurkish

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