Triangulum
Americannoun
noun
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
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 Serviss, Garrett Putman
The Andromeda Nebula is apparently less advanced toward transformation into stellar bodies than is that in Triangulum.
From Curiosities of the Sky by Serviss, Garrett Putman
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