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These arguments, much as a geometer might consider the nature of a triangle and then prove a theorem concerning triangularity, do not appeal to experience.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

And having been forced to admit this universal, we find that it is no longer worth while to invent difficult and unplausible theories to avoid the admission of such universals as whiteness and triangularity.

From The Problems of Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand

In this case the foreground figure is omitted, as it would have made the triangularity too obvious.

From Pen Drawing An Illustrated Treatise by Maginnis, Charles

Mud, sedimentary, coffee-colour, And here a wedge, a sharp, keen, thrustful triangularity, And squares that writhe in painful green, Calling, clamouring—O venerable shade of Euclid.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 25, 1914 by Various

We note the shape which approximates to triangularity, and we note that in color it is said to have been golden yellow.

From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles