What is a solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base called?
pyramid — (Geom.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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