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Narrator: Today's word is "Pyramid" — noun, pronounced /ˈpɪrəmɪd/, with the stress on "pyr".
Narrator: A pyramid is a solid shape with a flat base and triangular sides that meet in a point at the top.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a pointed shape like the ones in Egypt.
Narrator: It comes from the Greek puramis, via Latin.
Narrator: A common collocation is "the Great Pyramid of Giza", which describes the largest Egyptian pyramid.
Narrator: It differs from "cone", because a cone has a round base, while a pyramid has a flat-sided one.
Narrator: In a second sense, a "pyramid scheme" is an illegal scam where early members profit from later ones.
Narrator: Geometry, archaeology, nutrition and business all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a pyramid is wide at the bottom and pointed at the top.
Speaker A: Have you ever been to Egypt?
Speaker B: Yes, I saw the PYRAMIDS! It comes from the Greek puramis.
Speaker A: How big are they?
Speaker B: The Great one is over a hundred and thirty metres.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Pyramids have four triangular faces", a maths fact. "The food pyramid shows a balanced diet", a health chart. "He lost money in a pyramid scheme", a warning.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with "y" then "i", "pyramid", not "piramid".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Ziggurat is its cousin, tetrahedron its twin, and obelisk an alternative — yet pyramid keeps its ancient charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "pyramid" in AI prompts — useful for data design and fraud detection.
Speaker A: How for data design?
Speaker B: Structure content.
Prompt: Organise this article using the inverted pyramid, with the most important facts first.
Speaker A: And fraud detection?
Speaker B: Spot scams.
Prompt: List the warning signs that an investment offer is a pyramid scheme.
Speaker A: Could it help testing?
Speaker B: Yes, for strategy.
Prompt: Explain the test pyramid and suggest the right mix of unit, integration and end-to-end tests.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: A 3D graphics task.
Prompt: Write three.js code to render a rotating golden pyramid.
Pyramid — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary