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truncated cone

[¦trəŋ·kād·əd ′kōn]
(mathematics)
The portion of a cone between two nonparallel planes whose line of intersection lies outside the cone.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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A full cone (A) extends from beneath the eye to the back of the throat, while a truncated cone (B), extends from beneath the eye to the front opening of the mouth.
(18) X-ray crystallography disclosed that the primary C6 hydroxyl groups on the D-glucose molecules are located on the smaller outer ring of the truncated cone, while the secondary C2 and C3 hydroxyl groups are located on the larger outer ring.
10 would involve a division by zero, but it is a better approximation for a truncated cone, as in these experiments.
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