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Pyramidal vs Monolithic - What's the difference?

pyramidal | monolithic |

As adjectives the difference between pyramidal and monolithic

is that pyramidal is (geometry) pyramid-shaped while monolithic is of or resembling a monolith.

As a noun pyramidal

is (anatomy) one of the carpal bones.

pyramidal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (geometry) Pyramid-shaped.
  • (crystallography) tetragonal

    • Derived terms

    * pyramidally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of the carpal bones.

    • Related terms

    * cuneiform ----

    monolithic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or resembling a monolith.
  • Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation.
  • (computing, said of an operating system's kernel) consisting of a single program using a single memory-addressing space

    • Antonyms

    * (computing) modular

    Derived terms

    * (monolithic kernel)

    Related terms

    * monolith noun