"Frustum" is a word in ENGLISH
The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off
the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc.,
between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each
other.
One of the drums of the shaft of a column.
The uniform is that which we do not choose, that which is assigned to us; it is the certitude of the universal against the precariousness of the individual. When the values that were once so solid come under challenge and withdraw, heads bowed, he who cannot live without them (without fidelity, family, country, discipline, without love) buttons himself up in the universality of his uniform as if that uniform were the last shred of transcendence that could protect him against the cold of a future in which there will be nothing left to respect.
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Read the complete definitionHaving the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to …
Read the complete definitionSticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid.
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