Found 2 items, similar to Pyramidal.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pyramidal
pyramidal
adj : resembling a pyramid [syn:
pyramidic,
pyramidical]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pyramidal
Pyramidal
\Py*ram"i*dal\, n. (Anat.)
One of the carpal bones. See
Cuneiform, n., 2
(b) .
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Pyramidal
\Py*ram`i*dal\, a. [Cf. F. pyramidal.]
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1. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid;
pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage.
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The mystic obelisks stand up
Triangular, pyramidal. --Mrs.
Browning.
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2. (Crystallog.) Same as
Tetragonal.
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Pyramidal numbers (Math.), certain series of figurate
numbers expressing the number of balls or points that may
be arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20,
35, etc., are triangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14,
30, 55, etc., are square pyramidal numbers.
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