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PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " pyramid ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 685 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " pyramid ")

PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " See also:
PYRAMID
pyramid ") , an architectural See also:

TERM

term for the See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper-gilt casing covering the See also:

APEX

apex of an See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk, and generally extended to its upper termination of pyramidical See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form .

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