Triangulum
Americannoun
genitive
Triangulinoun
Etymology
Origin of Triangulum
Borrowed into English from New Latin around 1545–55
Example Sentences
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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
Location.—Musca lies between Triangulum and Aries, the diagram clearly defining its position.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
It is far advanced and torn to shreds, and if we could look at it perpendicularly to its plane it is evident that it would closely resemble the spectacle in Triangulum.
From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman
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