| slovo | definícia |
pyramid
(encz) | pyramid,jehlan n: [mat.] |
pyramid
(encz) | pyramid,pyramida n: mamm |
Pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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Pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. i. (Speculation)
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. A similar process of reinvesting gains
or winnings (as of a gamble), but not involving operation on
margin, is called a parlay.
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Pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. t. (Speculation)
To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. See
Pyramid, v. i.
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pyramid
(wn) | pyramid
n 1: a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides
with a common vertex
2: (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
3: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular
sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in
ancient Egypt [syn: Pyramid, Great Pyramid, {Pyramids of
Egypt}]
v 1: enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise
by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
2: use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a
pyramid deal
3: arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
4: increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad
base |
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food pyramid
(encz) | food pyramid, n: |
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(encz) | population pyramid, |
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(encz) | pyramid bugle, n: |
pyramid plant
(encz) | pyramid plant, n: |
pyramid scheme
(encz) | pyramid scheme, n: |
pyramidal
(encz) | pyramidal,jehlanovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožpyramidal,tvaru pyramidy adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pyramidal bone
(encz) | pyramidal bone, n: |
pyramidal motor system
(encz) | pyramidal motor system, n: |
pyramidal tent
(encz) | pyramidal tent,jehlanový stan Jan Hradil |
pyramidal tract
(encz) | pyramidal tract, n: |
pyramidic
(encz) | pyramidic, adj: |
pyramidical
(encz) | pyramidical, adj: |
pyramidically
(encz) | pyramidically, adv: |
pyramiding
(encz) | pyramiding, n: |
truncated pyramid
(encz) | truncated pyramid, n: |
pyramida
(czen) | pyramida,pyramidn: mamm |
tvaru pyramidy
(czen) | tvaru pyramidy,pyramidaladj: Zdeněk Brož |
Altitude of a pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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Axis of a pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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Bipyramidal
(gcide) | Bipyramidal \Bi`py*ram"i*dal\, a. [Pref. bi- + pyramidal.]
Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a
pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz
crystals.
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Earth pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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Earth pyramids
(gcide) | Earth \Earth\ ([~e]rth), n. [AS. eor[eth]e; akin to OS. ertha,
OFries. irthe, D. aarde, OHG. erda, G. erde, Icel.
j["o]r[eth], Sw. & Dan. jord, Goth. a[imac]r[thorn]a, OHG.
ero, Gr. ?, adv., to earth, and perh. to E. ear to plow.]
1. The globe or planet which we inhabit; the world, in
distinction from the sun, moon, or stars. Also, this world
as the dwelling place of mortals, in distinction from the
dwelling place of spirits.
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That law preserves the earth a sphere
And guides the planets in their course. --S. Rogers.
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In heaven, or earth, or under earth, in hell.
--Milton.
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2. The solid materials which make up the globe, in
distinction from the air or water; the dry land.
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God called the dry land earth. --Gen. i. 10.
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He is pure air and fire, and the dull elements of
earth and water never appear in him. --Shak.
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3. The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface
of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of
all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like;
sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the
visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth;
rich earth.
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Give him a little earth for charity. --Shak.
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4. A part of this globe; a region; a country; land.
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Would I had never trod this English earth. --Shak.
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5. Worldly things, as opposed to spiritual things; the
pursuits, interests, and allurements of this life.
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Our weary souls by earth beguiled. --Keble.
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6. The people on the globe.
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The whole earth was of one language. --Gen. xi. 1.
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7. (Chem.)
(a) Any earthy-looking metallic oxide, as alumina,
glucina, zirconia, yttria, and thoria.
(b) A similar oxide, having a slight alkaline reaction, as
lime, magnesia, strontia, baryta.
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8. A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself; as,
the earth of a fox. --Macaulay.
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They [ferrets] course the poor conies out of their
earths. --Holland.
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9. (Elec.) The connection of any part an electric conductor
with the ground; specif., the connection of a telegraph
line with the ground through a fault or otherwise.
Note: When the resistance of the earth connection is low it
is termed a good earth.
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Note: Earth is used either adjectively or in combination to
form compound words; as, earth apple or earth-apple;
earth metal or earth-metal; earth closet or
earth-closet.
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Adamic earth, Bitter earth, Bog earth, Chian earth,
etc. See under Adamic, Bitter, etc.
Alkaline earths. See under Alkaline.
Earth apple. (Bot.)
(a) A potato.
(b) A cucumber.
Earth auger, a form of auger for boring into the ground; --
called also earth borer.
Earth bath, a bath taken by immersing the naked body in
earth for healing purposes.
Earth battery (Physics), a voltaic battery the elements of
which are buried in the earth to be acted on by its
moisture.
Earth chestnut, the pignut.
Earth closet, a privy or commode provided with dry earth or
a similar substance for covering and deodorizing the
f[ae]cal discharges.
Earth dog (Zo["o]l.), a dog that will dig in the earth, or
enter holes of foxes, etc.
Earth hog, Earth pig (Zo["o]l.), the aard-vark.
Earth hunger, an intense desire to own land, or, in the
case of nations, to extend their domain.
Earth light (Astron.), the light reflected by the earth, as
upon the moon, and corresponding to moonlight; -- called
also earth shine. --Sir J. Herschel.
Earth metal. See 1st Earth, 7. (Chem.)
Earth oil, petroleum.
Earth pillars or Earth pyramids (Geol.), high pillars or
pyramids of earth, sometimes capped with a single stone,
found in Switzerland. --Lyell.
Earth pitch (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.
Earth quadrant, a fourth of the earth's circumference.
Earth table (Arch.), the lowest course of stones visible in
a building; the ground table.
On earth, an intensive expression, oftenest used in
questions and exclamations; as, What on earth shall I do?
Nothing on earth will satisfy him. [Colloq.]
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Macropyramid
(gcide) | Macropyramid \Mac`ro*pyr"a*mid\, n. [Macro- + pyramid.]
(Crystallog.)
See Macroprism.
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Pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
[1913 Webster]Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. i. (Speculation)
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. A similar process of reinvesting gains
or winnings (as of a gamble), but not involving operation on
margin, is called a parlay.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. t. (Speculation)
To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. See
Pyramid, v. i.
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pyramid operation
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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pyramid scheme
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
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3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
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4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
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Pyramidal
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Pyramidal \Py*ram"i*dal\, n. (Anat.)
One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n.
1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and
Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
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2. (Anat.)
(a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first,
second third metatarsals. They are usually designated
as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform,
mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
(b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the
ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
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pyramidal
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Pyramidal \Py*ram"i*dal\, n. (Anat.)
One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform, n., 2
(b) .
[1913 Webster]Cuneiform \Cu*ne"i*form\, Cuniform \Cu"ni*form\, n.
1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and
Assyrian inscriptions. --I. Taylor (The Alphabet).
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2. (Anat.)
(a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first,
second third metatarsals. They are usually designated
as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform,
mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively.
(b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the
ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
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Pyramidal numbers
(gcide) | 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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Pyramidally
(gcide) | Pyramidally \Py*ram"i*dal*ly\, adv.
Like a pyramid.
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Pyramides
(gcide) | Pyramis \Pyr"a*mis\, n.; pl. Pyramides. [L.]
A pyramid.
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Pyramidia
(gcide) | Pyramidion \Pyr`a*mid"i*on\, n.; pl. Pyramidia. [NL., from L.
pyramis. See Pyramid.]
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
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Pyramidic
(gcide) | Pyramidic \Pyr`a*mid"ic\, Pyramidical \Pyr`a*mid"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid;
pyramidal. " A pyramidical rock." --Goldsmith. "Gold in
pyramidic plenty piled." --Shenstone. --
Pyr`a*mid"ic*al*ly, adv. Pyr`a*mild"ic*al*ness, n.
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Pyramidical
(gcide) | Pyramidic \Pyr`a*mid"ic\, Pyramidical \Pyr`a*mid"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid;
pyramidal. " A pyramidical rock." --Goldsmith. "Gold in
pyramidic plenty piled." --Shenstone. --
Pyr`a*mid"ic*al*ly, adv. Pyr`a*mild"ic*al*ness, n.
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Pyramidically
(gcide) | Pyramidic \Pyr`a*mid"ic\, Pyramidical \Pyr`a*mid"ic*al\, a.
Of or pertaining to a pyramid; having the form of a pyramid;
pyramidal. " A pyramidical rock." --Goldsmith. "Gold in
pyramidic plenty piled." --Shenstone. --
Pyr`a*mid"ic*al*ly, adv. Pyr`a*mild"ic*al*ness, n.
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Pyramidion
(gcide) | Pyramidion \Pyr`a*mid"i*on\, n.; pl. Pyramidia. [NL., from L.
pyramis. See Pyramid.]
The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
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Pyramidoid
(gcide) | Pyramidoid \Py*ram"i*doid\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, pyramid + -id: cf. F.
pyramido["i]de.]
A solid resembling a pyramid; -- called also pyramoid.
--Barlow.
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Right pyramid
(gcide) | Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. ?, ?, of
Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.]
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1. 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.
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2. (Geom.) 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.
[1913 Webster]
3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are
placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
4. (Finance) a fraudulent investment scheme in which the
manager promises high profits, but instead of investing
the money in a genuine profit-making activity, uses the
money from later investors to pay the profits to earlier
investors; -- also called pyramid scheme or {pyramid
operation}. This process inevitably collapses when
insufficient new investors are available, leaving the
later investors with total or near-total losses of their
investments. The managers usually blame government
regulations or interference for the collapse of the
scheme, rather than admit fraud.
[PJC]
Altitude of a pyramid (Geom.), the perpendicular distance
from the vertex to the plane of the base.
Axis of a pyramid (Geom.), a straight line drawn from the
vertex to the center of the base.
Earth pyramid. (Geol.) See Earth pillars, under Earth.
Right pyramid (Geom.) a pyramid whose axis is perpendicular
to the base.
[1913 Webster]Right \Right\ (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to
D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[aum]tt,
Icel. rettr, Goth. ra['i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to
guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.
Adroit,Alert, Correct, Dress, Regular, Rector,
Recto, Rectum, Regent, Region, Realm, Rich,
Royal, Rule.]
1. Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line. "Right as
any line." --Chaucer
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2. Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not
oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.
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3. Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God,
or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and
just; according with truth and duty; just; true.
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That which is conformable to the Supreme Rule is
absolutely right, and is called right simply without
relation to a special end. --Whately.
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2. Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right
man in the right place; the right way from London to
Oxford.
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5. Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not
spurious. "His right wife." --Chaucer.
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In this battle, . . . the Britons never more plainly
manifested themselves to be right barbarians.
--Milton.
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6. According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming
to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous;
correct; as, this is the right faith.
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You are right, Justice, and you weigh this well.
--Shak.
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If there be no prospect beyond the grave, the
inference is . . . right, "Let us eat and drink, for
to-morrow we die." --Locke.
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7. Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.
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The lady has been disappointed on the right side.
--Spectator.
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8. Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which
the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other
side; -- opposed to left when used in reference to a part
of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied
to the corresponding side of the lower animals.
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Became the sovereign's favorite, his right hand.
--Longfellow.
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Note: In designating the banks of a river, right and left are
used always with reference to the position of one who
is facing in the direction of the current's flow.
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9. Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well
regulated; correctly done.
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10. Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side
of a piece of cloth.
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At right angles, so as to form a right angle or right
angles, as when one line crosses another perpendicularly.
Right and left, in both or all directions. [Colloq.]
Right and left coupling (Pipe fitting), a coupling the
opposite ends of which are tapped for a right-handed screw
and a left-handed screw, respectivelly.
Right angle.
(a) The angle formed by one line meeting another
perpendicularly, as the angles ABD, DBC.
(b) (Spherics) A spherical angle included between the
axes of two great circles whose planes are
perpendicular to each other.
Right ascension. See under Ascension.
Right Center (Politics), those members belonging to the
Center in a legislative assembly who have sympathies with
the Right on political questions. See Center, n., 5.
Right cone, Right cylinder, Right prism, {Right
pyramid} (Geom.), a cone, cylinder, prism, or pyramid, the
axis of which is perpendicular to the base.
Right line. See under Line.
Right sailing (Naut.), sailing on one of the four cardinal
points, so as to alter a ship's latitude or its longitude,
but not both. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Right sphere (Astron. & Geol.), a sphere in such a position
that the equator cuts the horizon at right angles; in
spherical projections, that position of the sphere in
which the primitive plane coincides with the plane of the
equator.
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Note: Right is used elliptically for it is right, what you
say is right, true.
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"Right," cries his lordship. --Pope.
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Syn: Straight; direct; perpendicular; upright; lawful;
rightful; true; correct; just; equitable; proper;
suitable; becoming.
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Truncated pyramid
(gcide) | Truncated \Trun"ca*ted\, a.
1. Cut off; cut short; maimed.
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2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when
equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated
edge.
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3. (Zool.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells
in which the apex naturally drops off.
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Truncated cone or Truncated pyramid (Geom.), a cone or
pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane
being usually parallel to the base.
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Vaccaria pyramidata
(gcide) | cow-cockle \cow-cockle\ n.
a European annual (Vaccaria hispanica) with pale
rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown
grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes
classified as a soapwort.
Syn: cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, {Vaccaria
pyramidata}, Saponaria vaccaria.
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ajuga pyramidalis
(wn) | Ajuga pyramidalis
n 1: European evergreen carpeting perennial [syn: {pyramid
bugle}, Ajuga pyramidalis] |
campanula pyramidalis
(wn) | Campanula pyramidalis
n 1: bellflower of southeastern Europe [syn: chimney plant,
chimney bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis] |
food pyramid
(wn) | food pyramid
n 1: (ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principal
predator at the top; each level preys on the level below |
great pyramid
(wn) | Great Pyramid
n 1: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular
sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in
ancient Egypt [syn: Pyramid, Great Pyramid, {Pyramids
of Egypt}] |
hypericum pyramidatum
(wn) | Hypericum pyramidatum
n 1: perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in
narrowly pyramidal cymes [syn: great St John's wort,
Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum pyramidatum] |
pyramid bugle
(wn) | pyramid bugle
n 1: European evergreen carpeting perennial [syn: {pyramid
bugle}, Ajuga pyramidalis] |
pyramid plant
(wn) | pyramid plant
n 1: any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus
Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of
California, Oregon, and Washington [syn: columbo,
American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, {pyramid
plant}, American gentian] |
pyramid scheme
(wn) | pyramid scheme
n 1: 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 the scheme collapses with most of the
participants losing the money they put in |
pyramidal
(wn) | pyramidal
adj 1: resembling a pyramid [syn: pyramidal, pyramidic,
pyramidical] |
pyramidal bone
(wn) | pyramidal bone
n 1: a wrist bone that articulates with the pisiform and hamate
and lunate bones [syn: triquetral, triquetral bone, {os
triquetrum}, cuneiform bone, pyramidal bone] |
pyramidal motor system
(wn) | pyramidal motor system
n 1: any of the important motor nerves on each side of the
central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas
of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the
cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal
cord [syn: pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system,
corticospinal tract] |
pyramidal tent
(wn) | pyramidal tent
n 1: a large tent shaped like a pyramid; can hold half a dozen
people |
pyramidal tract
(wn) | pyramidal tract
n 1: any of the important motor nerves on each side of the
central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas
of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the
cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal
cord [syn: pyramidal tract, pyramidal motor system,
corticospinal tract] |
pyramidic
(wn) | pyramidic
adj 1: resembling a pyramid [syn: pyramidal, pyramidic,
pyramidical] |
pyramidical
(wn) | pyramidical
adj 1: resembling a pyramid [syn: pyramidal, pyramidic,
pyramidical] |
pyramidically
(wn) | pyramidically
adv 1: in a pyramidal manner or shape; "the bush was trimmed
pyramidically" |
pyramiding
(wn) | pyramiding
n 1: a fraudulent business practice involving some form of
pyramid scheme e.g., 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 |
pyramids of egypt
(wn) | Pyramids of Egypt
n 1: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular
sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in
ancient Egypt [syn: Pyramid, Great Pyramid, {Pyramids
of Egypt}] |
truncated pyramid
(wn) | truncated pyramid
n 1: a frustum formed from a pyramid |
vaccaria pyramidata
(wn) | Vaccaria pyramidata
n 1: European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated
flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North
America; sometimes classified as a soapwort [syn:
cowherb, cow cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, {Vaccaria
pyramidata}, Saponaria vaccaria] |
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