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pyramid |
6 definitions found 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\, 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\, 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"ca*ted\, 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["o]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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pyramid n 1: a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex 2: a massive memorial with a square base and four triangular sides; built as royal tombs in ancient Egypt v 1: enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts 2: use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal 3: arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid 4: increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
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