frustum
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1650–60; < Latin: piece, bit; probably akin to Old Irish brúid (he) breaks, Old English brȳsan to crush
1650–60; < Latin: piece, bit; probably akin to Old Irish brúid (he) breaks, Old English brȳsan to crush
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| —n , pl -tums, -ta | |
| 1. | geometry |
| a. 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 | |
| b. the part of such a solid contained between two parallel planes intersecting the solid | |
| 2. | architect a single drum of a column or a single stone used to construct a pier |
| [C17: from Latin: piece; probably related to Old English brӯsan to crush, | |
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Frustum
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
frustum
1650s, from L. frustum "piece broken off."
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Example sentences
The rod was at the axis of symmetry of the conic frustum.
The bore-hole is not a true cylinder, but the frustum of an elongated cone.
The outer shell forms the hollow frustum of an octagonal pyramid while the inner one is the hollow frustum of a cone.
Both these factors the form of a frustum of a paraboloid, then the equations can affect displacement.
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