Zaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agoMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caimagemessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1946arrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1938arrow-down1imageMaybe a half man half lion statue as well.lemmy.caZaraki42@lemmy.ca to memes@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square48linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePlaneMaker@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up25·14 days 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-up4·13 days 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?
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).