Definitions for pyramidion

pyramidion pyr·a·mid·i·on

Spelling: [pir-uh-mid-ee-uh n, -on]
IPA: /ˌpɪr əˈmɪd i ən, -ˌɒn/

Pyramidion is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 549 anagrams from letters in pyramidion (adiimnopry).

Definitions for pyramidion

noun

  1. a miniature pyramid, as at the apex of an obelisk.

Origin of pyramidion

1830-40; New Latin, equivalent to pȳramid- pyramid + -ion diminutive suffix Greek

Examples for pyramidion

The short inscriptions of the pyramidion bear the oval of the king and the name of the divinity.

This finished, sloping masses were erected against it so as to form, with the pyramidion of the first mass, a second pyramid.

We may believe, then, that the pyramid of the ancient empire terminated in a pyramidion.

In the plate attached to his essay, Hittorf gives us a plan and elevation of the pyramidion of the smaller obelisk of Luxor.

Flowers of the temple of the pyramidion were brought to him and blossoms were given to him.

The pyramidion of the obelisk, on the other hand, was called benben by the Egyptians.

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