pyramidal
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From medieval Latin pyramidalis.
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AdjectiveEdit
pyramidal (not comparable)
- (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- At one point was an isolated pyramidal rock, crowned by a great tree, which appeared to be separated by a cleft from the main crag.
- (crystallography) Tetragonal.
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TranslationsEdit
pyramid-shaped
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NounEdit
pyramidal (plural pyramidals)
- (anatomy) One of the carpal bones
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AdjectiveEdit
pyramidal (feminine singular pyramidale, masculine plural pyramidaux, feminine plural pyramidales)
Further readingEdit
- “pyramidal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).