Pyramidion

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  • n. The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, the apex in the shape of a small pyramid which often terminates the top of an obelisk, and was very commonly sheathed with a cap of metal: often applied to any comparatively small structure or member of pyramidal shape.
  • Word Usage
    ""The heaviest damage appears to be concentrated at the very top of the monument, in what is called the pyramidion, where large cracks of up to 1 1/4 inch wide developed through stone and mortar joints," said Bob Vogel, superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks."
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