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[ pir-uh-mid-ee-uhn, -on ] / ˌpɪr əˈmɪd i ən, -ˌɒn /
noun, plural pyr·a·mid·i·a [pir-uh-mid-ee-uh]. /ˌpɪr əˈmɪd i ə/. a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk. Origin of pyramidion1830–40; <New Latin, equivalent to pȳramid-pyramid + -ion diminutive suffix <Greek Words nearby pyramidionpyramidal peak, pyramidal radiation, pyramidal tract, pyramid bet, pyramidical, pyramidion, pyramid letter, pyramid of light, pyramid of medulla oblongata, pyramid of tympanum, Pyramid Peak Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pyramidionIn the plate attached to his essay, Hittorf gives us a plan and elevation of the pyramidion of the smaller obelisk of Luxor. A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot We may believe, then, that the pyramid of the ancient empire terminated in a pyramidion. A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot The short inscriptions of the pyramidion bear the oval of the king and the name of the divinity. Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy The pyramidion of the obelisk, on the other hand, was called benben by the Egyptians. The New York Obelisk|Charles E. Moldenke
This finished, sloping masses were erected against it so as to form, with the pyramidion of the first mass, a second pyramid. A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
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