pyramidal

In anatomy, noting a muscle whose fibers arise from a long base and converge to the point of their insertion: correlative with prismatic, 3, and rhomboidal, 2.

Pertaining to a pyramid, or having its form. Also pyramidical.

In bot., anat., and zoology, shaped more or less like a pyramid; conical; pyriform.

noun

One of the carpal bones. See cuneiform, n., 2 (b).

adjective

Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical.

adjective

Same as Tetragonal.

adjective

certain series of figurate numbers expressing the number of balls or points that may be arranged in the form of pyramids. Thus 1, 4, 10, 20, 35, etc., are triangular pyramidal numbers; and 1, 5, 14, 30, 55, etc., are square pyramidal numbers.

adjective

Pyramid-shaped.

noun

One of the carpal bones.

adjective

resembling a pyramid