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Truncated cones, in math
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frusta
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n. (plural of frustum English)
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Frustum \Frus"tum\, n.; pl. L. Frusta , E. Frustums . [L. fruslum piece, bit.] (Geom.) 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 ...
Usage examples of frusta.
I heard that there is to be a frusta at the pillars this very afternoon.
She was again unveiled, the better to watch the frusta, and again I feasted my eyes on her beauty.
I assumed that he was murmurously applauding the performance of the frusta, which, after one last loud and piercing screech, was just then ending.
I did not do that to save myself from the frusta, and I will not do it for both of us.
Some of the enthusiasts seeking to meet me were seeking to meet what they properly considered a Far Journeyer, but a great many wished to meet a man they mistakenly considered Un Grand Romancier, author of an imaginative and entertaining fiction, and others clearly wished only to ogle a Prodigious Liar, as they might have flocked to watch the frusta of some eminent criminal at the piazzetta pillars.