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Frustum


A frustum (unfortunately commonly misspelled "frustrum") is that portion of a solid which lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid. Degenerate cases are obtained for finite solids by cutting with a single plane only.


See also

Conical Frustum, Pyramidal Frustum, Spherical Segment

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Frustum." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Frustum.html

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