Frustum

Word FRUSTUM
Character 7
Hyphenation ‖Frus tum
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Definitions and meanings of "Frustum"

What do we mean by frustum?

The part of a solid, such as a cone or pyramid, between two parallel planes cutting the solid, especially the section between the base and a plane parallel to the base. noun

A piece; particularly, a remaining piece of something of which a part is lacking, as the drum of a column. noun

In geometry, the part of a solid next the base, left after cutting off the top part by a plane parallel to the base; or the part of any solid between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other: as, the frustum of a cone, of a pyramid, of a conoid, of a spheroid, or of a sphere. noun

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. noun

One of the drums of the shaft of a column. noun

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

A region of a sphere delimited by two parallel planes. noun

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 noun

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

A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes.

1)A frustum is the portion of a solid – normally a cone or pyramid – which lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid. It is often used in maths and school work 2)Someone who is fussy and "fustrated" with their work or life. Normally in deep stress or in utter dislike of their doings. Urban Dictionary

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The word "frustum" in example sentences

"The arrival of the frustum is a significant milestone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The forward assembly, composed of the forward skirt, forward skirt extension and the frustum, was moved Thursday from Kennedy's Assembly Refurbishment Facility, or ARF, to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking operations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The frustum never had room for 6 crew, it was just an illusion put forth so the program would get support, ❋ Unknown (2009)

It appears to me, to make it safe NASA is working on take the Human out of the loop for Launch and Entry/Return at both ends being the earth and moon and spending billons on a frustum and rocket to get there and back. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Vibrations and failure to heed the warnings by the contractor resulted in the loss of the STS-4 (IIRC) boosters when the main parachute deck fitting separation explosive bolts inadvertantly fired prematurely when the linear shaped charge used to separate the frustum (nose cone) from the booster fired and generated vibes that the decelerometers sensed as water-impact ... at 10,000 ft.! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Smirking, ignorant W. with lipstick in reply to a comment from frustum ❋ Unknown (2009)

Editor's note: Last week NASA decided to implement the so called "Option 2B Active Aft Skirt Reaction Mass Actuator RMA option" with "damping and isolation at the FS frustum/US region" in order to deal with the thrust oscillation problem with the current design of the Ares 1 launch vehicle. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What I and apparently LaVey thought was a trapezohedron -- a polyhedron with trapezoids for sides -- is actually a frustum. ❋ Princeofcairo (2007)

It's the world's four largest trapezoids, leaned up to make a frustum. ❋ Princeofcairo (2007)

Si quis autem vitrum de hac arena factum in fossa reponeret, conuerteretur iterum in arenam, et qui imponeret frustum metalli, verteretur in vitrum: nonnulli reputant hanc fossam esse spiraculum maris arenosi, de quo mari aliquid locuturus sum in sequentibus. ❋ Unknown (2004)

There was a frustum or column-drum of fine white marble, hollowed to act as a mortar; like the Moslem headstone of the same material, it is attributed to the Jebel el-Lauz, where ancient quarries are talked of. ❋ Unknown (2003)

For the frustum of a cone: Add together the squares of the diameters of large and small ends; to this add the product of the diameter of the two ends. ❋ Barkham Burroughs (N/A)

The plummet, shaped like the frustum of a cone, and weighing thirty pounds, was thrown out from the side in the line of the vessel's drift. ❋ Herbert Strang (N/A)

The area of the convex surface of the frustum of a regular pyramid is half the product of the sum of the perimeters of its bases by the altitude of either of its trapezoids. ❋ Jean Webster (1896)

Now, however, the almost universal form of jug in use is a frustum of a cone with a miniature spout. ❋ William James (1876)

A peculiarity of the architecture consists in the high abacus -- a frustum of an inverted pyramid -- which is interposed between the capital of the column and the arch that springs from it, as if to give greater height than the columns alone would afford. ❋ Thomas Hodgkin (1872)

The others amused themselves all around me; I found my delight in the frustum of a pyramid. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

Teacher: Ok class, can someone [tell me] what is a [Frustum]? [Student]: You are ❋ Dolan (2007)

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