geometric figure with a polygonal base and sides which are isosceles triangles; structure in which ancient Egyptians buried their kings
become more expensive, increase in price; build a pyramid, arrange in the shape of a pyramid
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Pyramid Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA 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.
pyramid
\pyr"a*mid\, v. t. (speculation) to use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. see pyramid, v. i.
pyramid
\pyr"a*mid\, n. (speculation) the series of operations involved in pyramiding. see pyramid, v. i. [
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.
pyramid
\pyr"a*mid\ (?), n. [l. pyramis, -idis, fr. gr. &?;, &?;, of egyptian origin: cf. f. pyramide.]
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.
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.
3. pl. (billiards) the game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [eng.]
similar words(4)
axis of a pyramid
altitude of a pyramid
truncated pyramid
right pyramid
Noun
1. a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
(synonym) Great Pyramid
(hypernym) memorial, monument
Noun
1. a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
(hypernym) polyhedron
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
(hypernym) speculation, venture
(classification) stock exchange, stock market, securities market
Verb
1. enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
(hypernym) profit, gain, benefit
(classification) investing, investment
2. use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
(hypernym) deal, sell, trade
(classification) crime, law-breaking
3. arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(derivation) Pyramid, Great Pyramid
4. increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
(hypernym) increase
Pyramid Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Pyramid Breweries, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Owns and operates breweries which produce specialty beers; Produces a line of hand-crafted sodas; And operates restaurants adjacent to its breweries.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Owns and operates breweries which produce specialty beers; Produces a line of hand-crafted sodas; And operates restaurants adjacent to its breweries.
PYRAMID OIL CO
Exchange: OTCBB
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Exchange: OTCBB
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Pyramid Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Pyramid Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of pyramids, denotes that many changes will come to you.
If you scale them, you will journey along before you find the gratification of desires. For the young woman, it prognosticates a husband who is in no sense congenial.
To dream that you are studying the mystery of the ancient pyramids, denotes that you will develop a love for the mysteries of nature, and you will become learned and polished.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectIf you scale them, you will journey along before you find the gratification of desires. For the young woman, it prognosticates a husband who is in no sense congenial.
To dream that you are studying the mystery of the ancient pyramids, denotes that you will develop a love for the mysteries of nature, and you will become learned and polished.
Meditation
Pyramid Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A pyramid (from ) is a structure whose shape is roughly that of a pyramid in the geometric sense; that is, its outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three outer triangular surfaces (at least four faces including the base). The square pyramid, with square base and four triangular outer surfaces, is a common version.
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Pyramid Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
A sharply tapered cigar with a wide, open foot and a closed head.
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Pyramid Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
Pyramid The square pyramid as a symbol is an amplification of the triangle: it has lines, triangles, and a square, proceeding from a point downwards or conversely upwards merging into a point at the apex. Thus we have the four numbers of the tetraktys represented by point, line, triangle, and square. Reference is usually to stone monuments, especially those of Egypt and chiefly to the Great Pyramid of Cheops. All these pyramids, whether in Egypt, Central America, or elsewhere, are records constructed by initiates who journeyed to many lands, for the preservation of sacred knowledge through the dark ages, to be available to posterity.
In seeking to explain the meaning of these records we are faced with the difficulty of interpreting an ancient science into terms of modern ideas. The science of those days was a comprehensive whole, which has become decomposed into sundered fragments, which seem to us, because of having lost the keys to the ancient wisdom which brought about the construction of these noble monuments, to be unrelated to each other. Were the pyramids initiation chambers, records of astronomical data, of mathematical truths, or of standard measurements? They were all of these and more. When the candidate passed through the processes of initiation he enacted in his own person the self-same processes which occur on the cosmic scale, on the principle of the master-key of analogy, the size, shape, and orientation of the passages and chambers signifying at once cosmic and human mysteries.
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In seeking to explain the meaning of these records we are faced with the difficulty of interpreting an ancient science into terms of modern ideas. The science of those days was a comprehensive whole, which has become decomposed into sundered fragments, which seem to us, because of having lost the keys to the ancient wisdom which brought about the construction of these noble monuments, to be unrelated to each other. Were the pyramids initiation chambers, records of astronomical data, of mathematical truths, or of standard measurements? They were all of these and more. When the candidate passed through the processes of initiation he enacted in his own person the self-same processes which occur on the cosmic scale, on the principle of the master-key of analogy, the size, shape, and orientation of the passages and chambers signifying at once cosmic and human mysteries.
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