pyramid

Definition of pyramid in English English dictionary: A pyramid scheme; A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base; 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; A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base; {n} a square pillar ending in a point; A sacral building in shape of a pyramid, in most cases It is part of the pharaoh's burial structures, sometimes the resting place itself; A huge tomb with a square base and four sloping sides, built to house a pharaoh's body when he died The pyramids grew from the burial mastaba tombs of the Old Kingdom, and once the sides were filled in they became pyramids Imhotep is acredited as the founder of the pyramid structures of Egypt when he built the "Step Pyramid" Saqqara for King Djoser Also noted at this time was the fact that they changed from using building blocks made of mudbricks to building blocks of limestone The most famous pyramids of Egypt are the Great Pyramids of Giza, for the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure; The series of operations involved in pyramiding; A solid with a polygon base and triangular faces that converge at a vertex; Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx; A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape; a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts; A solid figure, contained by planes, which is constructed from one plane to one point; To enlarge one's holding or interest in a series of operations on a continued rise or decline by using the profits to buy or sell additional amounts on a margin, as where one buys on a 10% margin 100 shares of stock quoted at 100, holds it till it rises to 105, and then uses the paper profit to buy 50 shares more, etc; Progressively increasing the amount of weight used each set, while decreasing the number of reps; enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts; use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal; (n) A geometric solid consisting of a polygonal base and a series of triangular lateral faces The triangular faces each share one side with the polygonal base and the other two sides with the neighboring triangular faces The triangular faces all meet at a common point called the vertex; A polyhedron with one polygonal base and the same number of triangular faces as there are sides on the base; a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex; See Pyramid, v; Pyramids were four-sided structures that generally tapered to a point at the top They were built of stone or mud brick to house the remains of the Egyptian king Small ones sometimes were provided for queens Pyramids were used by kings in the Old and Middle Kingdoms Numerous small pyramids were built in Nubia much later; arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid; A pyramid is a 3-dimensional (solid) figure that has a polygon for a base and has a single vertex that is not in the plane of the polygon base The Egyptian pyramids have square bases and triangular sides, meeting at the top, the vertex; – An illegal multilevel "scheme" wherein people pay an entrance fee for the opportunity to recruit others to do the same Pyramids have no products (chain letters is an example); A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base; A cigar with a wide foot, sharply tapering to the head; increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base; Sets, for a certain muscle, are performed by adding weight and doing less reps Others prefer starting with a heavy weight and lower the weight every set; a secondary school and its `feeder' primary schools; The series of operations constitutes a pyramid; A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits; (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases; A polyhedron with one face (base) that is a polygon whose other faces (lateral faces) are triangles formed by segments (lateral edges) that connect the vertices of the base to a point (vertex) not on the base The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular segment from the vertex to the plane of the base, and the height of a pyramid is the length of the altitude; a shape with a polygonal base and triangular sides meeting at a common point (vertex); To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction; A pyramid combines both up and down the rack schemes in a given exercise each set of reps is performed with increasing and then decreasing weight If you were to graph the weight, it would have a triangular or pyramid curve; a polyhedron having for its base a polygon and for faces triangles with a common vertex; A pyramid is a solid cone with a polygonal base, so its volume is (1/3)Ah; a Pharaoh's tomb; a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt; a huge building with four sloping outside walls shaped like a triangle: in Egypt they were used as royal tombs; A polyhedron with one face (base) that is a polygon and whose other faces (lateral faces) are triangles formed by segments (lateral edges) that connect the vertices of the base to a point (vertex) not on the base The altitude of a pyramid is the perpendicular segment from the vertex to the plane of the base, and the height of a pyramid is the length of the altitude (Lesson 11 1); The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot; Point V is its vertex; the pentagon ABCDE is its base The five triangular faces meeting at V are lateral faces; they intersect in segments called lateral edges The segment from the vertex perpendicular to the base is the altitude, and its length is the height, h, of the pyramid In a regular pyramid, the base is a regular polygon, all lateral edges are congruent, all lateral faces are congruent isosceles triangles, and the altitude meets the base at its center The height of a lateral face is the slant height of the pyramid; {i} geometric figure with a polygonal base and sides which are isosceles triangles; structure in which ancient Egyptians buried their kings; A pyramid is a polyhedron with a face of any shape as its base, and triangles attached to each side, meeting at the same vertex, called the apex; structure with a square base and four sloping, triangular sides meeting at a peak; used as a tomb for royalty during the Old and Middle Kingdoms and for non-royalty during the New Kingdom; {f} become more expensive, increase in price; build a pyramid, arrange in the shape of a pyramid; A waypoint used by Janet pilot enroute from Las Vegas to Groom Lake, heard on aviation frequencies One theory is that "pyramid" is a light-colored hill somewhere between Indian Springs and Groom Lake Such a hill is visible from Mt Sterling It is indistinct on maps, but because of its light color it is distinct to pilots; You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go towards the top. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid. Ancient monumental structure constructed of or faced with stone or brick and having a rectangular base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at an apex. Pyramids have been built at various times and places; the best-known are those of Egypt and of Central and South America. The pyramids of ancient Egypt were royal tombs. Each contained an inner sepulchral chamber that housed the deceased (usually mummified) ruler, members of his entourage, and artifacts. The rest of the pyramid complex consisted of a large enclosure, an adjacent mortuary temple, and a causeway leading down to a pavilion. About 80 royal pyramids survive in Egypt, the greatest being those at Giza. American pyramids include the pyramids of the Sun and Moon at Teotihuacán, the Castillo at Chichén Itzá, and various Inca and Chimú structures in Andean settlements. These pyramids were generally built of earth and faced with stone; they are typically stepped pyramids and are topped by a platform or temple structure used for rituals, including human sacrifice
pyramid scheme: An illicit money-making investment scheme whereby early investors are paid primarily or wholly by later investors. Eventually all such schemes fail to the detriment of recent (later) investors
pyramid schemes: plural form of pyramid scheme
pyramid-scheme: Attributive form of pyramid scheme
pyramid-scheme tactics.
pyramid bugle: European evergreen carpeting perennial
pyramid scheme: a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure thescheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in
pyramid scheme: A fraudulent money-making scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to others above them in a hierarchy while expecting to receive payments from people recruited below them. Eventually the number of new recruits fails to sustain the payment structure, and the scheme collapses with most people losing the money they paid in. a dishonest and often illegal way of selling investments, in which money from people who invest later is used to pay people in the system who have already invested
pyramid selling: method of distributing merchandise in which agency rights are sold to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels
pyramid selling: Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it. If the scheme appears to be a pyramid selling scam, have nothing to do with it. a business activity in which the main income comes from people who buy the right to sell products, rather than from the sale of the products themselves. Pyramid selling is illegal in many places
Aztec pyramid: One of a number of monumental structures built by the Aztec civilization in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base
Egyptian pyramid: One of a number of monumental tombs constructed in Ancient Egypt in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base, to distinguish them from abstract geometric solids and Aztec or Mexican pyramids and several others
Great Pyramid of Giza: The largest and most famous of the Egyptian pyramids, and the only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Mayan pyramid: One of a number of monumental structures built by the Mayan civilization in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base
Mesoamerican pyramid: One of a number of monumental structures built by Mesoamerican civilizations in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base
Pyramids: A set of ancient pyramidal-shaped constructions in Egypt
ancient pyramid: One of a number of monumental structures built by ancient civilizations in the shape of a pyramid with a rectangular base
ecological pyramid: A diagram that shows the relative amounts of energy or matter, or numbers of organisms within each trophic level in a food chain or food web
food pyramid: Any pyramidal diagram giving advice on how to eat healthily, particularly those widely publicized by the united states government
The food pyramid surprised me by showing that we should eat lots of cheese.
food pyramid: A pyramid shaped diagram in layers, where each layer represents a group of animals that feeds on the layer below
The teacher reminded us to always start the food pyramid with the plants on the bottom.
human pyramid: A tower made of people standing or kneeling on top of each other
human-pyramid: Attributive form of human pyramid, noun
pyramidal: One of the carpal bones
pyramidal: Pyramid-shaped
pyramidally: Like a pyramid; in a pyramidal manner or shape
pyramiding: The practice of an athlete progressively increasing the dosage of an illegal drug to a maximum, and then progressively lowering it, between competitions so as to reduce the chances of being caught
square pyramid: A three-dimensional geometric figure with a square base and four triangular sides that connect at one point. An example is the Great Pyramid of Giza
triangular pyramid: A three-dimensional figure with four triangular bases
pyramidal: {a} of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid
pyramidical: {a} like a pyramid
pyramidically: {a} in the form of a pyramid
Ecological Pyramid: An Ecological Pyramid (or Trophic pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or productivity at each trophic level in a given ecosystem. Biomass pyramids show the abundance or biomass of organisms at each trophic level, while productivity pyramids show the production or turn-over in biomass. Ecological Pyramids begin with producers on the bottom and proceed through the various trophic levels, the highest of which is on top
A pyramid: pyramis
Pyramids: {i} Egyptian pyramids, ancient pyramids in Egypt
Pyramids: the ancient Egyptian pyramids, which were built to contain the bodies and possessions of the dead pharaohs (=kings of ancient Egypt) . The most famous of these are the three pyramids at El Giza, near Cairo, which include the Great Pyramid and which are one of the Seven Wonders of the World
food pyramid: (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principle predator at the top; each level preys on the level below
pyramidal: See Cuneiform, n
pyramidal: Same as Tetragonal
pyramidal: Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage
pyramidal: {s} resembling a pyramid; pertaining to a pyramid
pyramidal: resembling a pyramid
pyramidal: 2 (b)
pyramidal: Something that is pyramidal is shaped like a pyramid. a black pyramidal tent
pyramidally: in the form of a pyramid (geometrical solid figure with a polygonal base and sides which are isosceles triangles)
pyramidally: Like a pyramid
pyramidical: Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid; pyramidal
pyramidical: {s} resembling a pyramid; pertaining to a pyramid
pyramidical: Variant spelling of pyramidic
pyramidically: in a pyramidal manner or shape; "the bush was trimmed pyramidically
pyramiding: the chain of distribution is artificially expanded by an excessive number of distributors selling to other distributors at progressively higher wholesale prices until retail prices are unnecessarily inflated
pyramiding: a fraudulent business practice involving some form of pyramid scheme e
pyramids: plural of pyramid
truncated pyramid: pyramid that does not have the upper portion
truncated pyramid: a frustum formed from a pyramid