pyramidal
nounEtymology From Middle English piramidal, piramydale, from Medieval Latin pȳramidālis. By surface analysis, pyramid + -al.
- Derived terms
- peripyramidal
- Related terms
- cuneiform
pyramidal
adj/pɪˈɹæm.ɪ.dl̩/
Etymology From Middle English piramidal, piramydale, from Medieval Latin pȳramidālis. By surface analysis, pyramid + -al.
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Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Pyramid-shaped.
- At one point was an isolated pyramidal rock, crowned by a great tree, which appeared to be separated by a cleft from the main crag.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘It’s Just the very Biggest Thing in the World’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 49:
- Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
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- Among its attractive features were decorative, tile-hung Italianate towers with pyramidal roofs.2023 March 22, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52:
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Chemistry, Crystallography, Geometry, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Tetragonal.
- Derived terms
- bipyramidal, dipyramidal, extrapyramidal, infrapyramidal, interpyramidal, intrapyramidal, nonpyramidal, obpyramidal, parapyramidal, pyramidal cell, pyramidalism, pyramidalize, pyramidalized, pyramidally, pyramidal neuron, pyramidal number, pyramidal tract, subpyramidal, superpyramidal, suprapyramidal, tetrapyramidal