What does frustum mean?
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ˈfrʌs təmfrus·tum
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Princeton's WordNet
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
frustumnoun
A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
frustumnoun
A region of a sphere delimited by two parallel planes.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FRUSTUMnoun
A piece cut off from a regular figure. A term of science.
Etymology: Latin.
Wikipedia
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.
Webster Dictionary
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
Frustumnoun
one of the drums of the shaft of a column
Etymology: [L. fruslum piece, bit.]
Wikidata
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
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of frustum in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of frustum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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