plural frustums or frusta
ˈfrə-stə 
: the basal part of a solid cone or pyramid formed by cutting off the top by a plane parallel to the base
also
: the part of a solid intersected between two usually parallel planes
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The formula for the volume of a truncated pyramid (one with its top lopped off, also known as a frustum) is an order of magnitude more sophisticated.
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The case of the 24-Seconde Architecture is shaped like a convex conical frustum.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 July 2022
The EmDrive test device used by White and his colleagues was a copper frustum—a cone with its top lopped off—that was just under a foot long.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 8 May 2020
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Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The case of the 24-Seconde Architecture is shaped like a convex conical frustum.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 5 July 2022
The EmDrive test device used by White and his colleagues was a copper frustum—a cone with its top lopped off—that was just under a foot long.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 8 May 2020
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“Frustum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustum. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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