NOMBRE | cognition | pirámide, esquema piramidal | a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit |
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artifact | pirámide | a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides | |
shape | pirámide | a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex |
Sentido | A fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put in. | |
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Sinónimo | esquema piramidal | |
General | estrategia, plan de acción, plan, táctica | An elaborate and systematic plan of action |
Inglés | pyramid scheme |
Sentido | A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt. | |
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Caso de | monumento conmemorativo, monumento | A structure erected to commemorate persons or events |
Inglés | Pyramid, Great Pyramid, Pyramids of Egypt | |
Catalán | piràmide | |
Adjetivo | piramidal | resembling a pyramid |
Verbos | amontonar en pirámide | arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid |
Sentido | A polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex. | |
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General | poliedro | A solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces |
Inglés | pyramid | |
Catalán | piràmide | |
Adjetivo | piramidal | resembling a pyramid |
Verbos | amontonar en pirámide | arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid |
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