About The Word Pyramidal
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Pyramidal
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What's The Definition Of Pyramidal?
[adj] resembling a pyramid
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pyramidal: pointed | pyramidic | pyramidical Related Terms | Find terms related to Pyramidal: See Also | Pyramidal In Webster's Dictionary \Py*ram`i*dal\, a. [Cf. F. pyramidal.]
1. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid;
pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage.
The mystic obelisks stand up Triangular, pyramidal.
--Mrs.
Browning.
2. (Crystallog.) Same as {Tetragonal}.
{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.
\Py*ram"i*dal\, n. (Anat.) One of the carpal bones. See {Cuneiform}, n., 2 (b) . |
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