Was (wer) ist Pyramid - definition

STRUCTURE WHOSE SHAPE IS ROUGHLY THAT OF A PYRAMID IN THE GEOMETRIC SENSE

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pyramid

['p?r?m?d]

¦ 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 the other faces are triangles with a common vertex.

3. Anatomy a pyramid-shaped structure, especially in the brain.

4. a system of financial growth achieved by a small initial investment.

5. (pyramids) [treated as sing.] a game played on a billiard table with fifteen coloured balls arranged in a triangle and a cue ball.

¦ verb chiefly N. Amer. heap or stack in a pyramidal shape.

Derivatives

pyramidical -'m?d?k(?)l adjective

pyramidically adverb

Origin

ME: via L. from Gk puramis, puramid-.

pyramid

(pyramids)

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.

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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.

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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.

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Pyramid

·noun The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.

II. Pyramid ·add. ·noun The series of operations involved in pyramiding. ·see Pyramid, ·vi.

III. Pyramid ·add. ·vt To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. ·see Pyramid, ·vi.

IV. Pyramid ·noun 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.

V. Pyramid ·noun 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.

VI. Pyramid ·add. ·vi 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. The series of operations constitutes a pyramid.

Wikipedia

Pyramid

A pyramid (from Greek: πυραμίς pyramís) is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single step at the top, making the shape roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or of any polygon shape. As such, a pyramid has at least three outer triangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base). The square pyramid, with a square base and four triangular outer surfaces, is a common version.

A pyramid's design, with the majority of the weight closer to the ground and with the pyramidion at the apex, means that less material higher up on the pyramid will be pushing down from above. This distribution of weight allowed early civilizations to create stable monumental structures.

Civilizations in many parts of the world have built pyramids. The largest pyramid by volume is the Mesoamerican Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. For thousands of years, the largest structures on Earth were pyramids—first the Red Pyramid in the Dashur Necropolis and then the Great Pyramid of Khufu, both in Egypt—the latter is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still remaining.

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Aussprachebeispiele für Pyramid

1. pyramid.

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2. ocean pyramid.

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3. that pyramid

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4. investor pyramid.

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5. This is all three pyramids together: the employee pyramid, customer pyramid, the investor pyramid.

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Beispiele aus Textkorpus für Pyramid

1. Roman pyramid You don‘t need to go to Egypt to see an ancient pyramid.

2. "My opinion is that this is a type of pyramid, probably a primitive pyramid," said Dr.

3. Department of Agriculture food pyramid: "This is what we need, more whole grains." "You found your pyramid?" Stephanie asked.

4. Security experts described al Qaeda‘s pyramid structure.

5. The group, Grocery Manufacturers of America, said its pyramid was based on the same pyramid for adults but that there was no coordination with the government.