frustum

Meaning

1. A cone or pyramid whose tip has been truncated by a plane parallel to its base.
2. A portion of a sphere, or in general any solid, delimited by two parallel planes.

Synonyms

column shaft

fust

scape

section

solid angle

truncated cone

trunk

spatial angle

stay bracket

Translations

tronc

Stumpf

frust

Kegelstumpf

Pyramidenstumpf

κόλουρος κώνος

κόλουρη πυραμίδα

tronco

boomstam

Tronco de bases paralelas

tronco

المخروط النّاقص

kesik koni

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frustum (“morsel”).