Here you go....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone
Mine's a guinness.... On 25/10/2012 09:58, Russell Brown wrote:
...but I think there are some graphics people on the group. Is there a name for a frustum that isn't, in other words a name for the shape which is a truncated cone where the bisecting planes are not perpendicular? Or are they just called truncated cones? Believe it or not, this stems from a question from my 5 year old daughter, who rightly spotted that the lampshade wasn't really a cone as the point was missing. I, stupidly, said "Very good, poppet. That means it isn't a cone, its a frustum. Oh, no hang on, that's at an angle, that's a..... erm....." Inevitably, I am now being pestered for the word. Asisstance greatfully received, a cyper-pint is in the offing. Regards Russell ---------------------------------------------------------- Manor Park Medical Centre www.manorparksurgery.com <http://www.manorparksurgery.com> Tel 01323482301 East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) www.sslmcs.co.uk/ <http://www.sslmcs.co.uk/> Tel 01372389270 GPC rep East & West Sussex @drbrown1970 ---------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
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