Zaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up1951arrow-down10
arrow-up1951arrow-down1external-linkMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caZaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square42linkfedilink
minus-squarePlaneMaker@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 month agoAre those pyramids called pyramids because they the shape that we call pyramid or do we call the shape pyramid because they look like those pyramids?
minus-squareHeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoIt wouldn’t. A tetrahedron has four sides, hence the name, while an Egyptian-style pyramid has five (if you include the base, otherwise it isn’t even a polyhedron).
Are those pyramids called pyramids because they the shape that we call pyramid or do we call the shape pyramid because they look like those pyramids?
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I mean tetrahedron could work
It wouldn’t. A tetrahedron has four sides, hence the name, while an Egyptian-style pyramid has five (if you include the base, otherwise it isn’t even a polyhedron).