Sentence examples for truncated pyramid from inspiring English sources
The phrase "truncated pyramid" is correct and usable in written English
It refers to a geometric shape that has a square or rectangular base and slanted sides that meet at a point, but with the top cut off. Example: The ancient Egyptians were known for their impressive architectural designs, including the construction of towering pyramids and smaller truncated pyramids.
Up in the middle of each truncated pyramid skylight are fluorescent strips hidden behind translucent sheets.
For his own house, he created a truncated pyramid, 30-foot square in plan.
It is made of brick, not glass, and stands as a squat, truncated pyramid, twisting as it rises.
A remarkable result is the rule for the volume of the truncated pyramid (Golenishchev papyrus, problem 14).
The Egyptian Rhind papyrus (c. 1650 bc) gives rules for finding the area of a circle and the volume of a truncated pyramid.
Its truncated pyramid is accompanied by kulich (koo-LEECH), a tall column of light sweet bread adorned with drizzles of confectioners' sugar icing and often topped with nuts, sprinkles or candied fruit.
This theme is also expressed in three dimensions as rows of pyramids or truncated pyramids.
It contains great plazas, truncated pyramids, a court for playing the ball game tlachtli, underground passageways, and about 170 tombs, the most elaborate yet uncovered in the Americas.
Truncated pyramids served as large bases for wooden temples, now long vanished but still in use when Spanish explorers first entered the region.
Serious, rapt, as if to wind themselves up with their arms they revolve, their skirts flaring out loose in white pyramids below the inverted pyramids of white blouses and arms which support the top truncated pyramids of circling hats.
Children of the Fog: In Tokyo's Showa Kinen Park, a "fog forest" (opposite) combines truncated pyramids with a 32-foot steel tube that emits artificial fog every 15 minutes.
