Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - pyramid
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Pyramid
pyramid
~ n 1 a large stone building with four triangular (=3 sided) walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America 2 usually singular) a system or organization in which a small number of people have power or influence over a much larger number of people (different levels of the management pyramid) 3 a pile of objects that have been put into the shape of a pyramid + of (a pyramid of oranges) 4 a pyramid-shaped object - pyramidal adj
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(pyramids) 1. Pyramids are ancient stone buildings with four triangular sloping sides. The most famous pyramids are those built in ancient Egypt to contain the bodies of their kings and queens. We set off to see the Pyramids and Sphinx. N-COUNT 2. A pyramid is a shape, object, or pile of things with a flat base and sloping triangular sides that meet at a point. On a plate in front of him was piled a pyramid of flat white biscuits. N-COUNT: usu N of n 3. You can describe something as a pyramid when it is organized so that there are fewer people at each level as you go towards the top. Traditionally, the Brahmins, or the priestly class, are set at the top of the social pyramid. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Latin ~-, pyramis, from Greek Date: 1549 1. a. an ancient massive structure found especially in Egypt having typically a square ground plan, outside walls in the form of four triangles that meet in a point at the top, and inner sepulchral chambers b. a structure or object of similar form 2. a polyhedron having for its base a polygon and for faces triangles with a common vertex — see volume table 3. a crystalline form each face of which intersects the vertical axis and either two lateral axes or in the tetragonal system one lateral axis 4. an anatomical structure resembling a ~: as a. any of the conical masses that project from the renal medulla into the kidney pelvis b. either of two large bundles of motor fibers from the cerebral cortex that reach the medulla oblongata and are continuous with the ~al tracts of the spinal cord 5. an immaterial structure built on a broad supporting base and narrowing gradually to an apex the socioeconomic ~ • ~al adjective • ~ally adverb • ~ical adjective II. verb Date: circa 1900 intransitive verb 1. to speculate (as on a security or commodity exchange) by using paper profits as margin for additional transactions 2. to increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base transitive verb 1. to arrange or build up as if on the base of a ~ 2. to use (as profits) in speculative ~ing 3. to increase the impact of (as a tax assessed at the production level) on the ultimate consumer by treating as a cost subject to markup ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a monumental structure, usu. of stone, with a square base and sloping sides meeting centrally at an apex, esp. an ancient Egyptian royal tomb. 2 a solid of this type with a base of three or more sides. 3 a pyramid-shaped thing or pile of things. 4 (in pl.) a game played on a billiard-table with (usu. 15) coloured balls and a cue-ball. Phrases and idioms pyramid selling a system of selling goods in which agency rights are sold to an increasing number of distributors at successively lower levels. Derivatives pyramidal adj. pyramidally adv. pyramidic adj. (also pyramidical). pyramidically adv. pyramidwise adj. Etymology: ME f. L pyramis f. Gk puramis -idos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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пирамида (1. геометрическое тело 2. поверхностный дефект в полупроводниках) - pyramid of numbers - color pyramid - growth pyramid - n-sided pyramid - oblique pyramid - regular pyramid - right pyramid - triangular pyramid - truncated pyramid ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский строительный словарь
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пирамида frustum of a pyramid — геом. пирамида усеченная pyramid of the second order — пирамида второго порядка - base of pyramid - circumscribed pyramid - diamond-pointed pyramid - double pyramid - frustum of pyramid - inscribed pyramid - oblique pyramid - pentagonal pyramid - quadrangular pyramid - quadratic pyramid - rectangular pyramid - regular pyramid - rhombic pyramid - right pyramid - semiregular pyramid - skew pyramid - spherical pyramid - square pyramid - triangular pyramid - truncated pyramid - vertex of pyramid ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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пирамида – pyramid of numbers – biomass pyramid – ecological pyramid – Malpighian pyramid – Pascal pyramid – yolk pyramid ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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"Пирамида" Самый высокий небоскреб skyscraper в деловом центре г. Сан-Франциско, шт. Калифорния, одна из современных "визитных карточек" города. Имеет форму узкой пирамиды. Сооружен в 1972. Высота 260 м, 48 этажей. Правление корпорации "Трансамерика" Transamerica Corp.. Тж. Transamerica Pyramid ...Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
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1. пирамида the Pyramids —- египетские пирамиды 2. что-л. имеющее форму пирамиды 3. мат. пирамида 4. спорт. пирамида 5. игра на бильярде в 15 шаров, расположенных треугольником, "пирамидка" 6. дерево пирамидальной формы 7. бирж. продажа акций при повышении курса для покупки акций на большую сумму 8. располагать, строить в виде пирамиды 9. ам. бирж. продавать акции в благоприятный момент с целью покупки акций на более крупную сумму; использовать спекулятивные прибыли для дальнейших финансовых операций 10. редк. рисковать всем своим состоянием 11. включать в налог издержки производства 12. постепенно увеличивать (цены, зарплату и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) пирамида 2) что-л., напоминающее по форме пирамиду 3) pl. пирамида, игра на бильярде в 15 шаров 4) exch. продажа акций при повышении курса для покупки акций на большую сумму 2. v. 1) располагать в виде пирамиды 2) exch. продавать акции при повышении курса для покупки акций на большую сумму 3) ставить на карту, рисковать ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 16c., from L. pyramides, pl. of pyramis "one of the pyramids of Egypt," from Gk. pyramis (pl. pyramides), apparently an alteration of Egyptian pimar "pyramid." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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