pyramidal

Etymology

From medieval Latin pyramidalis.

adj

  1. (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
    Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece. 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752
    Among its attractive features were decorative, tile-hung Italianate towers with pyramidal roofs. March 22 2023, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Grand buildings on the list... and lost: Greenock Princes Pier”, in RAIL, number 979, page 52
    1. (crystallography) Tetragonal.

noun

  1. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

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