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pyramidal

[pi-ram-i-dl]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid.

    the pyramidal form.

  2. of the nature of a pyramid; pyramidlike.



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Other Word Forms

  • pyramidally adverb
  • postpyramidal adjective
  • subpyramidal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pyramidal1

1565–75; < Medieval Latin ̄; pyramid, -al 1
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Last year, Estonia furnished the bridge with dragon's teeth – pyramidal anti-tank obstacles of reinforced concrete.

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These fibers form a contact point to pyramidal cells -- the mossy fiber synapse.

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Boasting moulded architraves with pilasters and a truncated pyramidal roof topped with iron brattishing, the building's roof is now falling into dereliction.

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Diamond is a form of pure carbon, in which carbon atoms bond tightly to one another in a pyramidal arrangement.

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The pyramidal view of the world that I grew up with — Man as the crown of creation, with all other animals, four-legged, feathered and scaled, ranked and devalued downward — has never made sense.

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