pyramid A pyramid () is a structure whose visible surfaces are triangular in broad outline and converge toward the top, making the appearance roughly a pyramid in the geometric sense. The base of a pyramid can be of any polygon shape, such as trian ...

is a structure with triangular lateral surfaces converging to an apex. Pyramid may also refer to:

Anatomy and medicine

Petrous part of the temporal bone The petrous part of the temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital bones. Directed medially, forward, and a little upward, it presents a base, an apex, three surfaces, and three ...

, the pyramid * Pyramid (brainstem), the anterior part of medulla oblongata

Games and sport

Pyramid (solitaire) Pyramid is a patience or solitaire game of the Simple Addition family, where the object is to get all the cards from the pyramid to the foundation. The object of the game is to remove pairs of cards that add up to a total of 13, the equivalent o ...

, a card game *

Pyramid (drinking game) Pyramid is a drinking game Drinking games are games which involve the consumption of alcoholic beverages and often enduring the subsequent intoxication resulting from them. Evidence of the existence of drinking games dates back to antiquity. ...

, a card game that is most commonly used as a drinking game * '' Puzzling Pyramid'', magnetic puzzle game released in 1960. * ''Pyramid'' (video game), a 1990s Nintendo game by American Video Entertainment * '' Pyramid 2000'', a 1980s TRS-80 Color Computer interactive fiction text game based on the Colossal Cave Adventure *

Human pyramid A human pyramid is an acrobatics, acrobatic formation of three or more people in which two or more people support a tier of higher people, who in turn may support other, higher tiers of people. People above the bottom tier may kneel or stand on ...

, a vertically oriented, triangular or pyramid-shaped formation of people *

Pyramid pool Pyramid pool, or simply pyramids, is a form of Pool (cue sports), pool that was played mainly in the 19th century. It was one of several pool games that were popular at this time, and was forerunner to modern games such as eight-ball, Blackball ( ...

, or pyramids, a cue sport played mainly in the 19th century *

Russian pyramid Russian pyramid, also known as Russian billiards (, ), is a form of billiards played on a large billiard table with narrow pockets. It is played across Russia and several former Soviet/Eastern Bloc countries. In the West, the game is known as p ...

, known as "pyramid", a pool/snooker type game *

League system A league system is a hierarchy of sports league, leagues in a sport. They are often called pyramids, due to their tendency to split into an increasing number of regional divisions further down the system. League systems of some sort are used in ma ...

, a hierarchy of leagues in a given sport * Pyramid, a

three-dimensional chess Three-dimensional chess (or 3‑D chess) is any chess variant that replaces the two-dimensional chessboard, board with a three-dimensional array of cells between which the pieces can move. In practice, this is usually achieved by boards represent ...

variant * Pyramid, a fictional pastime in the science-fiction TV show '' Battlestar Galactica''

Television and film

* Several television game shows with the same format, created by Bob Stewart and now controlled by

Sony Pictures Television Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division o ...

: ** ''Pyramid'' (game show), the United States versions since 1973, including ''The $25,000 Pyramid'' and ''Junior Pyramid'' ** ''Pyramid'' (Australian game show), a children's quiz show in Australia since 2009, based on the U.S. ''Junior Partner Pyramid'' * '' The PyraMMMid'', 2011 crime film * ''The Pyramid'' (film), 2014 horror film * ''The Pyramid'' (TV series), a Croatian weekly talk and debate competition television show begun in 2004 * "The Pyramid", a 1978 episode of ''The Bionic Woman''

Publications and publishing

* ''Pyramid'' (magazine), a gaming magazine * ''Pyramids'' (novel), a 1989 Terry Pratchett book of the Discworld series * ''The Pyramid'' (Golding novel), a 1967 novel by William Golding * ''The Pyramid'' (Kadare novel), a 1995 Albanian novel by Ismail Kadare * ''The Pyramid'' (short stories), by Henning Mankell, published first as ''Pyramiden'' in Swedish in 1999 and afterwards in English in 2008 *

Pyramid Books Jove Books, formerly known as Pyramid Books, is an American paperback and eBook publishing imprint, founded as an independent paperback house in 1949 by Almat Magazine Publishers (also known as Almat Publishing Corporation) (Alfred R. Plaine an ...

, a publishing company

Music

* Pyramid Rock Festival, in Victoria, Australia

Bands, groups

* Pyramid (band), an American experimental, indie-rock band from North Carolina and active since the early 2000s * Pyramids, an American experimental group on Hydra Head Records in the 2000s, from Texas, that released their eponymous 2008 debut album ''Pyramids'' (album) *

The Pyramids (band) The Pyramids were a surf group from Long Beach, California, United States, who formed in 1961. In early 1964, they made the Top 20 of the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 with their instrumental " Penetration". It proved to be the final major instrument ...

, an American surf rock group in the 1960s, from California * The Pyramids, a jazz and world music group formed in the 1970s and led by

Idris Ackamoor Idris Ackamoor (born Bruce Baker, January 9, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, actor, tap dancer, producer, administrator, and director. He is also artistic director of the jazz ensemble The Pyramids. The Pyramids He founded t ...

Symarip Symarip (also known at various stages of their career as The Bees, The Pyramids, Seven Letters and Zubaba) were a British ska and reggae band, originating in the late 1960s, when Frank Pitter and Michael Thomas founded the band as The Bees. Th ...

, a British reggae group also known as The Pyramids, active from the 1960s to the 1970s * Starfucker, an indie-electronica band from Oregon, started in 2007 as Pyramid or Pyramiddd

Albums

* ''Pyramids'' (album), the 2008 debut studio album of the American experimental group Pyramids * ''Pyramid'' (The Alan Parsons Project album), 1978 * ''Pyramid'' (Modern Jazz Quartet album), 1960 * ''Pyramid'' (Cannonball Adderley album), 1974 * ''Pyramid'' (Lee Konitz album) * ''Pyramid'' (Jaga Jazzist album), 2020

Songs

* "Pyramid" (song), by Charice * "Pyramids" (song), by Frank Ocean * "Pyramid", a song by Wolfmother on the album ''

Wolfmother Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band from Sydney. Formed in 2004, the group is centred around vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, who is the only constant member of the line-up. The band has been through many personnel changes since t ...

'' * "Pyramid", a song by

Two Door Cinema Club Two Door Cinema Club are a British rock band formed in Bangor, County Down, Bangor, Northern Ireland in 2007. The band is composed of three members: Alex Trimble (vocals, rhythm guitar, beats, synths), Sam Halliday (lead guitar, backing vocals), ...

* "Pyramid", an instrumental song by

Incognito (band) Incognito is a British acid jazz band. Their debut album, ''Jazz Funk'', was released in 1981. Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick is the band's leader, singer, guitarist, composer, and record producer. The band has included Linda Muriel, Jocelyn Brown, ...

Places

Canada

* The Pyramid (British Columbia), a lava dome in British Columbia *

Pyramid Mountain (Wells Gray-Clearwater) Pyramid Mountain is a subglacial mound located on the Murtle Plateau in Wells Gray Provincial Park, east-central British Columbia, Canada. Formation Pyramid Mountain erupted about 12,000 years ago. It was once mistaken for a cinder cone and is n ...

, a subglacial mound in British Columbia * Pyramid Lake (Alberta)

United States

* Pyramid, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Pyramid, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Pyramid, Nevada, an unincorporated community * Pyramid Lake (El Dorado County, California) *

Pyramid Lake (Los Angeles County, California) Pyramid Lake is a reservoir formed by Pyramid Dam on Piru Creek in the eastern Topatopa Mountains, near Castaic, Southern California. It is a part of the West Branch California Aqueduct, which is a part of the California State Water Projec ...

Pyramid Lake (Nevada) Pyramid Lake is the Sink (geography), geographic sink of the basin of the Truckee River, northeast of Reno, Nevada, United States. Pyramid Lake is the biggest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, the inland sea that once covered much of western Ne ...

* Pyramid Peak (disambiguation) * Pyramid Rock (New Mexico), a landform

Elsewhere

* The Egyptian Pyramids, especially the Pyramids at Giza * Pyramids (Bathgate), a land sculpture in West Lothian, Scotland *

The Pyramid, Castle Howard The Pyramid is a folly on the Castle Howard estate, in North Yorkshire, England. The Pyramid lies on St Anne's Hill, in line with the centre of the house at Castle Howard. It was built in 1728, and was probably designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor. ...

, a structure in North Yorkshire, England * The Pyramids, a rock formation at

Victory Beach Victory Beach is located on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Otago Peninsula, in the South Island of New Zealand. It is by road from Dunedin city centre and from the nearby town of Portobello, New Zealand, Portobello. The longest beach on the pen ...

, New Zealand * The Pyramid (Chatham Islands), a small island in the Chatham Islands, New Zealand * The Pyramid (Antarctica), a distinctive peak in Victoria Land, Antarctica * The Pyramid (Graham Land), a peak in Graham Land, Antarctica * Pyramid, Maribor, a low hill in the city of Maribor, Slovenia *

Great Pyramid of Cholula The Great Pyramid of Cholula, also known as (Nahuatl for "constructed mountain"), is a complex located in Cholula, Puebla, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. It is the largest archaeological site of a pyramid (temple) in the world, as well as the largest ...

, Mexico *

Pyramiden Pyramiden (; rus, Пирами́да, r=Piramída, p=pʲɪrɐˈmʲidə; literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination. Founded by Sweden ...

, an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard

Transport

* Pyramid Road, United States * Pyramids Road, Australia *

Pyramid railway station Pyramid railway station is located on the Piangil line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Pyramid Hill, and it opened on 12 February 1884 as Pyramid Hill. It was renamed Pyramid on 9 May 1904.

, Australia

Buildings

Louvre Pyramid The Louvre Pyramid () is a large glass-and-metal entrance way and skylight designed by the Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei. The pyramid is in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace in Paris, surrounded by three smaller pyr ...

(Pyramide du Louvre), one large and three smaller glass and metal pyramids in the main courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris, France *

Portsmouth Pyramids Centre The Portsmouth Pyramids Centre (also known as the Pyramids) is an indoor leisure complex in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It has a live arena, leisure gym and function rooms. The function room, located next door to the indoor leisu ...

, a leisure complex in the UK *

Memphis Pyramid The Memphis Pyramid, formerly known as the Great American Pyramid and the Pyramid Arena, and colloquially known as the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid, is a pyramid-shaped building located in downtown Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee, United State ...

, in Memphis, Tennessee * The Pyramids (Indianapolis), an office development in Indiana *

Walter Pyramid The Walter Pyramid, formerly known as The Long Beach Pyramid, is a 4,000-seat, pyramid-shaped indoor arena on the campus of Long Beach State University in Long Beach, California. It serves as home venue to the University's men's and women's ...

(formerly Long Beach Pyramid), a stadium in California

In business

Pyramid scheme A pyramid scheme is a business model which, rather than earning money (or providing Return on investment, returns on investments) by sale of legitimate product (business), products to an end consumer, mainly earns money by recruiting new members ...

, a non-sustainable business model * Pyramid Breweries, a brewing company headquartered in Seattle, Washington *

Pyramid Building Society The Pyramid Building Society, the Geelong Building Society and the Countrywide Building Society together made up the Farrow Group of building societies, based in Geelong, Australia. The group collapsed in 1990 with debts in excess of $2 bil ...

, an Australian company which collapsed in 1990 *

Pyramid Technology Pyramid Technology Corporation was a computer company that produced a number of RISC-based minicomputers at the upper end of the performance range. It was based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California They also became the second company to s ...

, a defunct computer company based in California from 1981 to 1995 *

The Pyramid Companies Pyramid Management Group (also known as The Pyramid Companies) is an American real estate development company founded in 1968 by Robert J. Congel. It is the largest privately held shopping mall development firm in the Northeastern United States ...

, an American shopping mall developer founded in 1970

Science and technology

Pyramid (geometry) In geometry, a pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex (geometry), apex. Each base edge (geometry), edge and apex form a triangle, called a lateral face. A pyramid is a cone, conic solid with a po ...

, a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex *

Pyramid (image processing) Pyramid, or pyramid representation, is a type of multi-scale signal representation developed by the computer vision, image processing and signal processing communities, in which a signal or an image is subject to repeated smoothing and subsamp ...

, a type of multi-scale signal representation *

Pyramid (web framework) Pylons Project is an open-source software, open-source organization that develops a set of web application technologies written in Python (programming language), Python. Initially the project was a single web framework called Pylons, but after the ...

, an open source web application framework written in Python * The codename of a project aiming to rewrite

Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a word processor program, word processing program developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platf ...

from scratch *

Ecological pyramid An ecological pyramid (also trophic pyramid, Eltonian pyramid, energy pyramid, or sometimes food pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in an ecosystem. A ''pyramid of energ ...

Other uses

* A type of

organizational structure An organizational structure defines how activities such as task allocation, coordination, and supervision are directed toward the achievement of organizational aims. Organizational structure affects organizational action and provides the found ...

Hierarchy A hierarchy (from Ancient Greek, Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy ...

* Former name for the

Order of the Solar Temple The Order of the Solar Temple (, OTS), or simply the Solar Temple, was a new religious movement and secret society, often described as a cult, notorious for the mass deaths of many of its members in several mass murders and suicides throughout ...