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pyramidal

[pi-ram-i-dl] / pɪˈræm ɪ dl /




ADJECTIVE
tapering
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The site was home to scarce plants including pyramidal and bee orchids, and a rare colony of marbled white butterflies that had relied on common knapweed and red fescue.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

From 58.065 CA1 pyramidal cells, the scientists recorded more than 330,000 RNA molecules, which represent the genetic instructions that indicate when and where genes are expressed.

From Science Daily Dec. 6, 2025

Harnett adopted the traditional pyramidal structure of Dutch tabletop paintings for “Ease,” at 48 by 60 inches one of his largest and most ambitious works.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

Diamond is a form of pure carbon, in which carbon atoms bond tightly to one another in a pyramidal arrangement.

From Science Magazine Apr. 24, 2024

It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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