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Q: definition of frustoconical ( Answered 4 out of 5 stars,   2 Comments )
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Subject: definition of frustoconical
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: questionsly-ga
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Posted: 02 Jan 2006 15:41 PST
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Question ID: 428181
What shape is something that is "frustoconical"
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Subject: Re: definition of frustoconical
Answered By: scriptor-ga on 02 Jan 2006 16:09 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Dear questionsly,

The more common spelling is "frusto-conical", with a hyphen. If an
object is frusto-conical, it has basically the shape of a cone, but
the top is cut off parallel to the base. A such shape is also known as
a "frustum" or "frustrum".

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Scriptor
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Subject: Re: definition of frustoconical
From: stressedmum-ga on 04 Jan 2006 03:30 PST
 
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ufophysics/electrokineticsbrown.htm
Subject: Re: definition of frustoconical
From: stressedmum-ga on 04 Jan 2006 03:39 PST
 
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConicalFrustum.html

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