different between pyramid vs trampoline

English

Alternative forms

• piramis, pyramis (obsolete)

Etymology

From French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin p?ramis, p?ramidis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (p?ramís), possibly from ????? (p?rós, “wheat”) + ???? (amá?, “reap”) or from Egyptian pr-m-ws (“height of a pyramid”), from pr (“(one that) comes forth”) + m (“from”) + ws (“height”). Schenkel and K. Lang proposed hypothetical Coptic ????? (piram) or ???? (phram) derived from Egyptian mr via metathesis as a source of ??????? (p?ramís) while Schenkel also suggested it being the source of Arabic ???? although the latter is considered far-fetched by Takacs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???m?d/

Noun

pyramid (countable and uncountable, plural pyramids)

1. An ancient massive construction with a square or rectangular base and four triangular sides meeting in an apex, such as those built as tombs in Egypt or as bases for temples in Mesoamerica.
2. A construction in the shape of a pyramid, usually with a square or rectangular base.
3. (geometry) A solid with triangular lateral faces and a polygonal (often square or rectangular) base.
4. (neuroanatomy) A medullary pyramid, the medial-most bumps on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata
5. (Britain, dated) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
6. A pyramid scheme.
7. (card games, uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of Pyramid. (a solitaire card game)
8. (card games) The triangular layout of cards in the game of Pyramid.

9. (journalism) An approximately triangular headline consisting of several centered lines of text of increasing length.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pyramid.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Ponzi scheme

Verb

pyramid (third-person singular simple present pyramids, present participle pyramiding, simple past and past participle pyramided)

1. To build up or be arranged in the form of a pyramid.
2. (transitive, genetics) To combine (a series of genes) into a single genotype.
3. (intransitive) To employ, or take part in, a pyramid scheme.
4. (finance) To engage in pyramid trading.
   • 2002, Alexander Elder, Come Into My Trading Room: A Complete Guide to Trading (page 152)

     Multiply this by the number of shares you traded, and add other positions if you pyramided.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

pyramid c

1. (geometry) pyramid
2. Pyramid-shaped construction.

Declension

Related terms

• pyramidspel

See also

• pyramidal

Welsh

Alternative forms

• puramid

Etymology

From English pyramid, from French pyramide, from Old French piramide, from Latin p?ramis, p?ramidis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (p?ramís).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?p??ram?d/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?p?ram?d/

Usage notes

Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in pyramid is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word puramid. Nevertheless, pyramid is the more common spelling of the two. See symbol/sumbol, synthesis/sunthesis, system/sustem for similar examples.

Noun

pyramid m (plural pyramidau)

1. pyramid

Derived terms

• pyramidaidd (“pyramidal”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “pyramid”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Spanish trampolín and/or Italian trampolino; in English, a genericized trademark based on the Spanish word trademarked in 1936.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?æmp??li?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?æmp?li?n/

Noun

trampoline (plural trampolines)

1. A gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs as anchors.
2. (uncountable) A competitive sport in which athletes are judged on routines of tricks performed on a trampoline.

   Synonym: trampolining

3. (programming) Any of a variety of looping or jumping instructions in specific programming languages

Translations

Verb

trampoline (third-person singular simple present trampolines, present participle trampolining, simple past and past participle trampolined)

1. (intransitive) To jump as if on a trampoline.
2. (transitive, programming) To rewrite (computer code) to use the looping or jumping instructions called trampolines.

   trampolined code

Derived terms

• trampoliner
• trampolinist

Further reading

• Trampoline (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trampolining on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Dutch

Alternative forms

• trampolin (obsolete)
• tremplin (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from either Italian trampolino or Spanish trampolín (itself from Italian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?m.po??li.n?/
• Hyphenation: tram?po?li?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

trampoline m (plural trampolines)

1. A trampoline.

See also

• springplank

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish trampolín or Italian trampolino. See also French tremplin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???.p?.lin/

Noun

trampoline m (plural trampolines)

1. (gymnastics) trampoline
2. (programming) trampoline

Further reading

• “trampoline” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian trampolino

Noun

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampoliner, definite plural trampolinene)

1. a trampoline

References

• “trampoline” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian trampolino

Noun

trampoline m (definite singular trampolinen, indefinite plural trampolinar, definite plural trampolinane)

1. a trampoline

References

• “trampoline” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.