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triangle
[ trahy-ang-guhl ]
noun
- a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- a flat triangular piece, usually of plastic, with straight edges, used in connection with a T square for drawing perpendicular lines, geometric figures, etc.
- any three-cornered or three-sided figure, object, or piece:
a triangle of land.
- a musical percussion instrument that consists of a steel triangle, open at one corner, that is struck with a steel rod.
- a group of three; triad.
- a situation involving three persons, especially one in which two of them are in love with the third.
- Triangle, Astronomy. the constellation Triangulum.
triangle
/ ˈtraɪˌæŋɡəl /
noun
- geometry a three-sided polygon that can be classified by angle, as in an acute triangle, or by side, as in an equilateral triangle. Sum of interior angles: 180°; area: 1 2 base × height
- any object shaped like a triangle
- See eternal triangleany situation involving three parties or points of view See also eternal triangle
- music a percussion instrument consisting of a sonorous metal bar bent into a triangular shape, beaten with a metal stick
- a group of three
triangle
/ trī′ăng′gəl /
- A closed geometric figure consisting of three sides.
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Derived Forms
- ˈtriˌangled, adjective
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- triangled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triangle1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
This Texas Triangle now has the same population as the entire State of Florida.
The scorned party in a love-triangle, he blew his head off while serving overnight tower duty in 2007.
For her first film, she played a woman caught in a love triangle between a nightclub owner and a country boy.
We kept joking about the show evolving and blossoming from this love triangle into this five-pointed star.
In reading about ASHA, its current location is hard to overlook—Research Triangle, North Carolina.
On the other hand, the arrows along the sides of the triangle represent actual circulation.
He was a narrow-headed man with frail-looking sloped shoulders and a thin triangle of face.
There are sixty thousand acres of mighty good spruce in that triangle between us, and it's as good as ours.
(e) No part of the counter shall intersect a triangle or the produced perpendicular thereof shown on p. 186.
A third game was called trign, and was played by three persons, stationed at the angles of an equilateral triangle.
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