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Triangulum

American  
[trahy-ang-gyuh-luhm] / traɪˈæŋ gjə ləm /

noun

Astronomy.
  • Trianguli
    genitive
  1. the Triangle, a northern constellation between Pisces and Perseus.


Triangulum British  
/ traɪˈæŋɡjʊləm /

noun

  1. a small triangular constellation in the N hemisphere, close to Perseus and Aries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Triangulum

Borrowed into English from New Latin around 1545–55

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Only a few spirals—such as the Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies and M81—all of which are now known to be our close neighbors, turned out to be approaching us.

From Textbooks Oct. 13, 2016

Dr. Edwin Hubble of Mount Wilson Observatory for measurement of the distance to two remote spiral nebulae in Andromeda and Triangulum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Faced with incomprehensible distances, intimidating mathematics and names like Triangulum Australe, the temptation is to do one's stargazing on the Tonight show.

From Time Magazine Archive

It needs, for instance, but a glance at the Triangulum monster to convince the observer that it cannot be a solar system which is being evolved there, but rather a swarm of stars.

From Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Putman Serviss

Circinus, the Compass, is a very small constellation lying between Triangulum and Centaurus.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

A line drawn from γ Andromedae through β Trianguli points out α Arietis.

From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott

Latitude by a Trianguli Australis 16 degrees 16 minutes 25 seconds. 3rd August.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory

Location.—The star α in Aries, known as Hamal, and sometimes as Arietis, a star of the second magnitude, is about 7° south of α Trianguli.

From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott

Location.—A line drawn from the star γ Pegasi to Algol in Perseus passes through β Trianguli.

From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott

Latitude by a Trianguli Australis 15 degrees 13 minutes 6 seconds. 23rd July.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Augustus Charles Gregory

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