PYRAMID | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of pyramid in English pyramidnoun [ C ] uk /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/ us /ˈpɪr.ə.mɪd/ Add to word list Add to word list C1 a solid object with a square base and four triangular sides that form a point at the top   FabrikaCr/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages a pile of things that has the shape of a pyramid: form a pyramid The acrobats formed a pyramid by standing on each other's shoulders.pyramid structure figurative Many organizations have a pyramid structure (= there are fewer people at the top levels of them than there are at the bottom).  the Pyramids [ plural ] a group of ancient pyramid-shaped structures built in Egypt as tombs (= places to bury people) for the pharaohs (= kings of Ancient Egypt): We went on a sightseeing tour to the Pyramids at Giza. See more

• The pyramid is 50 metres high and 100 metres round the base.
• A cube and a pyramid are both solids.
• The cans were stacked in a large pyramid.

Geometrical shapes

• -cornered
• circularly
• congruently
• conic
• cuboid
• cylindrically
• lozenge
• octahedron
• orbicular
• ovally
• ovoid
• parallelogram
• pentagon
• polytope
• prism
• quadrilateral
• rectangle
• three-dimensional
• tubular
• two-dimensional

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pyramid | American Dictionary

pyramidnoun [ C ] us /ˈpɪr·əˌmɪd/ Add to word list Add to word list geometry a solid shape with a flat, square base and four flat, triangular sides which slope inward and meet to form a point at the top A pyramid is also a pile of things that has a triangular shape: The acrobats formed a pyramid by standing on each other’s shoulders. biology A pyramid is also a representation of a system with more items at the bottom and fewer at the top, for example, of the effect that one living thing has on another in the food chain. (Definition of pyramid from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

pyramid | Business English

pyramidnoun [ C ] uk /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ us Add to word list Add to word list an organization or system that has few people in top management and a lot of employees at the bottom (Definition of pyramid from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of pyramid

pyramid In this way, the press would manufacture news stories which had virtually no kernel of factual content, pyramids of accusation and counteraccusation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Percent correct performance for three tasks in all of which the panels of the pyramids had black outline borders as shown. From the Cambridge English Corpus Viewing this display monocularly or without free fusion creates the percept of four protruding truncated pyramids. From the Cambridge English Corpus In all cases four truncated pyramids were presented as viewed through a stereoscope. From the Cambridge English Corpus Partly, this advantage may be due to disease resistance, which is easier to combine in hybrids than in pyramiding genes using conventional breeding strategies. From the Cambridge English Corpus Each of the truncated pyramids presented consisted of five panels. From the Cambridge English Corpus They, in addition to effective control of a company holding stock in other companies, emphasize four features: centralized control, unified financing, pyramided stock control and capital inflation. From the Cambridge English Corpus Monkeys were rewarded when they made a saccade to any of the four pyramids and humans heard a beep when any one of the buttons was pushed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Back to the future: the pyramids of rheumatoid arthritis. From the Cambridge English Corpus The succession of age pyramids shows 2 cohorts ; one with individuals born before summer 1995 (cohort 1) and the other with individuals born after summer 1995 (cohort 2). From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite this identication, she is overwhelmed by the "sea of ages," by the pyramids which "were old in days which are remotest in authentic history" (24, 25). From the Cambridge English Corpus Beekeeping is as old as the pyramids—in fact, when the tomb of one of the pharaohs was recently opened, a jar of honey was found. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we drew a distinction by limiting the number of tenants in the house, we fell into difficulties from the pyramiding of sub-tenancies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are schools in pyramids and clusters, with business and industry, and those sharing teachers and parts of the curriculum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Getting rid of people higher up those pyramids, doing better at disentangling the webs that join them to street crime, could have huge benefits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pyramid These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of pyramid?

Translations of pyramid

in Chinese (Traditional) 角錐, 金字塔, 擺成金字塔形的一堆東西… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 棱锥体, 摆成金字塔形的一堆东西… See more in Spanish pirámide, pirámide [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese pirâmide, pirâmide [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian पिरॅमिड, तळाला चौरसाकृती आकाराच्या भूजांवर उभे असलेल्या, एका बिंदूत मिळणाऱ्या चार त्रिकोणी आकारांमुळे बनणारी भौमितीक घन रचना.… See more ピラミッド型, 四角錐（すい）, ピラミッド… See more piramit… See more pyramide [feminine], pyramide… See more piràmide… See more piramide… See more சதுர அடித்தளம் மற்றும் நான்கு முக்கோண பக்கங்களைக் கொண்ட ஒரு திடமான பொருள், இது மேலே ஒரு புள்ளியை உருவாக்குகிறது, ஒரு கூம்பு வடிவத்தைக் கொண்ட பொருட்களின் குவியல்… See more पिरामिड, शुंडाकार स्तंभ, (कुछ चीज़ों का ढेर के आकार का) शुंडाकार… See more પિરામિડ, ચોરસ આધાર અને ચાર ત્રિકોણાકાર બાજુઓ સાથેનો નક્કર પદાર્થ જે ટોચ પર બિંદુ બનાવે છે, પિરામિડ જેવો આકાર ધરાવતો વસ્તુઓનો ઢગલો… See more pyramide… See more pyramid… See more piramid… See more die Pyramide… See more pyramide [masculine], pyramide… See more ہرم, اہرام, مخروطی مصری مینا (ایسا مینار جونیچے چوکور اور اوپر بتدریج نوکیلا ہو)… See more піраміда… See more ఒక చతురస్రాకారపు ఆధారం, నాలుగు త్రిభుజాకార భుజాలతో ఒక ఘన వస్తువు పైభాగంలో ఒక బిందువుగా ఏర్పడుతుంది, పిరమిడ్ ఆకారాన్ని కలిగి ఉన్న వస్తువుల కుప్ప… See more একটি বর্গাকার ভিত্তি এবং চারটি ত্রিভুজাকার বাহু সহ একটি কঠিন বস্তু যা শীর্ষে একটি বিন্দু তৈরি করে, পিরামিডের আকার বিশিষ্ট… See more pyramida… See more piramida… See more สิ่งของที่มีรูปทรงเหมือนพีระมิด, พีระมิด… See more hình chóp, kim tự tháp… See more piramida… See more 피라미드… See more piramide… See more Need a translator?

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