Frustum
What Frustum means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
The part of a cone or pyramid remaining after a smaller similar cone or pyramid is cut off by a plane parallel to the base.
The part of a cone or pyramid remaining after the top is cut off by a plane parallel to the base.
Topics that use Frustum
- Mensuration and calculation (AQA GCSE)
- Geometry and measures - Mensuration and calculation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- arc length
- Circumference
- Diameter
- Hypotenuse
- included angle
- perpendicular height
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Radius
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