trigon
noun
a triangle.
trigon
1 American
[trahy-gon]
/ ˈtraɪ gɒn /
noun
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a triangle.
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an ancient Greek stringed instrument with a triangular shape.
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Astrology Archaic.
trigon.
2
American
abbreviation
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trigonometric.
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trigonometrical.
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trigonometry.
trigon
British
/ ˈtraɪɡɒn /
noun
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(in classical Greece or Rome) a triangular harp or lyre
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an archaic word for triangle
Etymology
Origin of trigon
1555–65; < Latin trigōnum triangle < Greek trígōnon, noun use of neuter of trígōnos three-angled. See tri-, -gon
Example Sentences
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The trigon, America’s beloved name for a three-sided shape.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2025
The first English writers, when they punctuated at all, availed themselves of long-forgotten symbols like the diastole and trigon, the interpunct and the diple.
From Economist • Mar. 10, 2016
In Figure 74 is a trigon, the angles at its centre being 120, and the angle at the circumference being 60, as marked.
From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Rose, Joshua
Trig′onal, triangular in cross-section: three-angled, esp. in botany; Trigon′ic, pertaining to a trigon; Trig′onous, three-angled.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Thus, when the three superior planets met in Aries, Leo, or Sagittarius, they formed a fiery trigon; when in Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, a watery one.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
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