Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

oblique triangle

American  

noun

  1. any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Find the area of an oblique triangle using the sine function.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Any triangle that is not a right triangle is an oblique triangle.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

For the following exercises, use the Law of Sines to solve for the missing side for each oblique triangle.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Solving an oblique triangle means finding the measurements of all three angles and all three sides.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

The ambiguous case arises when an oblique triangle can have different outcomes.

From Textbooks • Feb. 13, 2015

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.