pyramid
31pyramid — [16] Egypt seems a likely ultimate source for pyramid, but its earliest known ancestor is Greek puramís, which passed into English via Latin pyramis. Pediment ‘triangular gable’ [17] probably originated as a garbling of pyramid, later influenced… …
32pyramid — n. 1 a monumental structure, usu. of stone, with a square base and sloping sides meeting centrally at an apex, esp. an ancient Egyptian royal tomb. 2 a solid of this type with a base of three or more sides. 3 a pyramid shaped thing or pile of… …
33Pyramid — n. 1 a monumental structure, usu. of stone, with a square base and sloping sides meeting centrally at an apex, esp. an ancient Egyptian royal tomb. 2 a solid of this type with a base of three or more sides. 3 a pyramid shaped thing or pile of… …
34pyramid — n. [Gr. pyramis, pyramid] 1. Any conical or triangular structure. 2. (ECHINODERMATA: Echinoidea) The five large calcareous scraping plates that compose the Aristotle s lantern …
35pyramid — noun a) An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica. b) A construction in the shape of a pyramid,… …
36pyramid — noun Pyramid is used before these nouns: ↑scheme, ↑shape …
37pyramid — [ pɪrəmɪd] noun 1》 a monumental stone structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt. 2》 Geometry a polyhedron of which one face is a polygon and …
38pyramid — [ˈpɪrəmɪd] noun [C] 1) a large pointed stone structure with a square base and TRIANGULAR sides 2) an object with the shape of a pyramid …
39pyramid — Pū o a, pelamika, pa a ili hā (old term). ♦ Pyramid of Egypt, pu u pelamika o Aikupika …
40pyramid — piramidė statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. pyramid vok. Pyramide, f rus. пирамида, f pranc. pyramide, f …
