pyramidal

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"We therefore know exactly in our experiments that the measured fluorescent signals originate from pyramidal cells of the cortical layers 2/3 and 5, which mediate communication within and between brain regions," says Jancke.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2026

Harnett adopted the traditional pyramidal structure of Dutch tabletop paintings for “Ease,” at 48 by 60 inches one of his largest and most ambitious works.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Boasting moulded architraves with pilasters and a truncated pyramidal roof topped with iron brattishing, the building's roof is now falling into dereliction.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

The metals dissolve the carbon gas, and the silicon appears to somehow help the carbon atoms bond to one another in diamond’s pyramidal arrangement.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 24, 2024

It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, three hundred meters into the air.

From "1984" by George Orwell