pyramidal

pyramid

pyr·a·mid

P0685000 (pĭr′ə-mĭd)n.1. a. A solid figure with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a common point.b. Something shaped like this polyhedron.2. a. A massive monument of ancient Egypt having a rectangular base and four triangular faces culminating in a single apex, built over or around a crypt or tomb.b. Any of various similar constructions, especially a four-sided Mesoamerican temple having stepped sides and a flat top surmounted by chambers.3. The transactions involved in pyramiding stock.4. Anatomy A structure or part suggestive of a pyramid in shape.v. pyr·a·mid·ed, pyr·a·mid·ing, pyr·a·mids v.tr.1. To place or build in the shape of a pyramid.2. To build (an argument or thesis, for example) progressively from a basic general premise.3. To speculate in (stock) by making a series of buying and selling transactions in which paper profits are used as margin for buying more stock.v.intr.1. To assume the shape of a pyramid.2. To increase rapidly and on a widening base.3. To pyramid stocks.

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[Latin pȳramis, pȳramid-, from Greek pūramis, of unknown origin.]

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py·ram′i·dal (pĭ-răm′ĭ-dl), pyr′a·mid′ic (-mĭd′ĭk), pyr′a·mid′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.py·ram′i·dal·ly adv.

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Adj.

1.

pyramidal - resembling a pyramidpyramidic, pyramidicalpointed - having a point

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piramidale