0%

pyramidal

py·ram·i·dal
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pi-ram-i-dl]
    • /pɪˈræm ɪ dl/
    • /pɪˈræm.ɪ.dəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pi-ram-i-dl]
    • /pɪˈræm ɪ dl/

Definitions of pyramidal word

  • adjective pyramidal of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form. 1
  • adjective pyramidal of the nature of a pyramid; pyramidlike. 1
  • adjective pyramidal shaped like a pyramid 1
  • adjective pyramidal Something that is pyramidal is shaped like a pyramid. 0

Information block about the term

Origin of pyramidal

First appearance:

before 1565
One of the 32% oldest English words
1565-75; < Medieval Latin pȳramidālis; see pyramid, -al1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Pyramidal

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

pyramidal popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

pyramidal usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for pyramidal

adj pyramidal

  • acuminous — keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
  • coned — Geometry. a solid whose surface is generated by a line passing through a fixed point and a fixed plane curve not containing the point, consisting of two equal sections joined at a vertex. a plane surface resembling the cross section of a solid cone.
  • conic — having the shape of a cone
  • conical — A conical object is shaped like a cone.
  • conoid — a geometric surface formed by rotating a parabola, ellipse, or hyperbola about one axis

adjective pyramidal

  • conoidal — Having the shape of a conoid; having a roughly conical shape.
  • lanceolar — (botany) lanceolate.
  • narrowing — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
  • wedged — having the shape of a wedge.

Top questions with pyramidal

  • which of the following is the pyramidal number sequence?
  • what is pyramidal tract?
  • what is the pyramidal tract?
  • what are pyramidal signs?
  • which of the following molecules has a trigonal pyramidal shape?
  • what is a pyramidal peak?
  • how are pyramidal peaks formed?
  • what is trigonal pyramidal?
  • what is pyramidal tract involvement?
  • how is a pyramidal peak formed?

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?