pyramid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pyramid	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for pyramid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyramid n a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt Synonym(s): Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt v enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. i. (Speculation) To enlarge one's holding or interest in a series of operations on a continued rise or decline by using the profits to buy or sell additional amounts on a margin, as where one buys on a 10% margin 100 shares of stock quoted at 100, holds it till it rises to 105, and then uses the paper profit to buy 50 shares more, etc. The series of operations constitutes a pyramid.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, v. t. (Speculation) To use, or to deal in, in a pyramiding transaction. See {Pyramid}, v. i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. (Speculation) The series of operations involved in pyramiding. See {Pyramid}, v. i.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyramid \Pyr"a*mid\, n. [L. pyramis, -idis, fr. Gr. [?], [?], of Egyptian origin: cf. F. pyramide.] 1. A solid body standing on a triangular, square, or polygonal base, and terminating in a point at the top; especially, a structure or edifice of this shape. 2. (Geom.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base. 3. pl. (Billiards) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Truncated \Trun"cated\, a. 1. Cut off; cut short; maimed. 2. (Min.) Replaced, or cut off, by a plane, especially when equally inclined to the adjoining faces; as, a truncated edge. 3. (Zo[94]l.) Lacking the apex; -- said of certain spiral shells in which the apex naturally drops off. {Truncated cone} [or] {pyramid} (Geom.), a cone or pyramid* whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.