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Definition of Pyramidal
1. Adjective. Resembling a pyramid.
Similar to: Pointed
Derivative terms: Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramid, Pyramid
Definition of Pyramidal
1. a. Of or pertaining to a pyramid; in the form of a a pyramid; pyramidical; as, pyramidal cleavage.
2. n. One of the carpal bones. See Cuneiform,
Definition of Pyramidal
1. Adjective. (geometry) Pyramid-shaped. ¹
2. Noun. (anatomy) One of the carpal bones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyramidal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyramidal
Literary usage of Pyramidal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1920)
"In this case the fibers of the right ventral pyramidal tracts must have ...
The way in which the ventral pyramidal tract ends is a well- known point of ..."
2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The higher the position of the animal in the phylogenetic scale, the more complete
is the development of the long pyramidal system; but even in the higher ..."
3. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"The motor area on each side may send down a double set of pyramidal fibers, one
of which crosses and the other remains on the same side, or the fibers may ..."
4. A Text-book of physiology: For Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1915)
"pyramidal decussation. 7. Anterior and lateral pyramidal fasciculi in ...
Difference in the Paralysis from Injury to the Spinal and the pyramidal Neuron. ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1896)
"This case illustrates the intimate relationship which exists between the condition
of the pyramidal tracts and the spinal centres concerned with the knee- ..."
6. Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1841)
"Another pyramidal Structure, surmounted by a Building.— Corridors.—A curious
Bas-relief. ... More pyramidal Structures and Buildings.—Extent of the Ruins. ..."
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