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==Examples== [[File:Rolo-Candies-US.jpg|thumb|[[Rolo]] brand chocolates approximate a right circular conic frustum, although not flat on top. ]] *On the back (the reverse) of a [[United States one-dollar bill]], a pyramidal frustum appears on the reverse of the [[Great Seal of the United States]], surmounted by the [[Eye of Providence]]. *[[Ziggurat]]s, [[step pyramid]]s, and certain ancient [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] mounds also form the frustum of one or more pyramids, with additional features such as stairs added. *[[Chinese pyramids]]. *The [[John Hancock Center]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] is a frustum whose bases are rectangles. *The [[Washington Monument]] is a narrow square-based pyramidal frustum topped by a small pyramid. *The [[viewing frustum]] in [[3D computer graphics]] is a virtual photographic or video camera's usable [[field of view]] modeled as a pyramidal frustum. *In the [[English language|English]] translation of [[Stanislaw Lem]]'s short-story collection ''[[The Cyberiad]]'', the poem ''Love and [[tensor algebra]]'' claims that "every frustum longs to be a cone". *[[Bucket]]s and typical [[lampshade]]s are everyday examples of conical frustums. *Drinking glasses and some [[space capsule]]s are also some examples. *[[File:Garsų Gaudyklė, Gintaro ilanka, Neringa, Litva 01.jpg|thumb|''[[Sound Catcher]]'', Neringa, Lithuania]]''[[Sound Catcher]]'': a wooden structure in Lithuania. *[[Valençay cheese]] *[[Rolo]] candies
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