Used in a Sentence

pyramidal

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pyramidal.

Editorial note

In an art history context a triangular shape is most often related to strength such as pyramidal composition in paintings.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pyramidal gathered in one view.

noun

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

adjective

(geometry) Pyramid-shaped.

adjective

(crystallography) Tetragonal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pyramidal.

noun

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

adjective

(geometry) Pyramid-shaped.

adjective

(crystallography) Tetragonal.

Example sentences

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In an art history context a triangular shape is most often related to strength such as pyramidal composition in paintings.

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Neither does starving out the overwhelming majority of all trained scientists with a pyramidal career ladder and ever-shrinking science budgets.

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Also: Using two linear BEFs (rotated relative to each other at a right angle) is more efficient than one pyramidal film.

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The pyramidal spikes on the walls [1] of an anechoic chamber are much bigger equivalents of the nanotube spikes being used for light.

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In a pyramidal social structure, even if rising is possible, it's probabilistically unlikely.

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The agricultural part formed the base of a pyramidal industrial setup.

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Just make the syntax less right-pyramidal: C#'s async/await syntax is a good candidate, and 'await' is a good way to mark a possible context switch.

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He just admitted BTC is a pyramidal scheme because it's deflationary!

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That has a lot to do with capitalism's pyramidal shape.

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Bitcoin is just a modern version of a pyramidal scheme.

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It efficiently produces pyramidal XYZ tile overviews of vector data.

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I think bitcoin's regressive, pyramidal exponential decay is a very bad thing.

Quote examples

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The phrase “the GNU/Linux kernel” is weird, like writing “the shape of the Pyramid of Cheops” when you simply mean “pyramidal”.

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As long as scientific labor is pyramidal, foisting most of the actual research work on "trainees" while professors mainly write grants, there will always be a structural necessity of far more trainee workers than there can ever be permanent positions.

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It's not easy in the sense of "holy shit I need to launch a radiator that's bigger than my house and somehow conduct all that heat to it while keeping the source cool." > of course I realize there will be a thermal gradient from base to apex of the pyramidal satellite No, there will be a thermal gradient from the hot thing -- the GPU -- to the radiator surface.

Proper noun examples

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Pyramidal company structures get narrower as you go up.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pyramidal in a sentence?

In an art history context a triangular shape is most often related to strength such as pyramidal composition in paintings.

What does pyramidal mean?

(anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

What part of speech is pyramidal?

pyramidal is commonly used as noun, adjective.