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  trigon

  noun

  a triangle.
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  trigon.

  abbreviation

  trigonometric.

trigon

¹ American  

[trahy-gon] / ˈtraɪ gɒn /

noun

1. a triangle.

2. an ancient Greek stringed instrument with a triangular shape.

3. Astrology Archaic.

   1. trine.

   2. triplicity.

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trigon. ² American  

abbreviation

1. trigonometric.

2. trigonometrical.

3. trigonometry.

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trigon British  

/ ˈtraɪɡɒn /

noun

1. (in classical Greece or Rome) a triangular harp or lyre

2. an archaic word for triangle

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Etymology

Origin of trigon

1555–65; < Latin trigōnum triangle < Greek trígōnon, noun use of neuter of trígōnos three-angled. See tri-, -gon

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trigon

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

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 Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

Thus we speak of a pentagon but not of a tetragon or a trigon, although both words are correct in form.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

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 Joshua Rose

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