Found 2 items, similar to Truncated pyramid.
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Definition: truncated pyramid
truncated pyramid
n : a frustum formed from a pyramid
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Definition: Truncated pyramid
Truncated
\Trun"ca*ted\, a.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
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2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated
edge.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral
shells in which the apex naturally drops off.
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Truncated cone or
Truncated pyramid (Geom.), a cone or
pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane
being usually parallel to the base.
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