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Meaning
Noun
●
In Geometry & Trigonometry:
A
polygon
with three
sides
and three angles.
●
In American English & Canadian English:
A set square.
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In Music:
A
percussion instrument
made by
forming
a
metal
rod
into a
triangular
shape
which is
open
at one
angle
. It is
suspended
from a
string
and
hit with
a
metal
bar
to make a
resonant
sound.
●
A
triangular
piece
of
equipment
used for
gathering
the
balls
into the
formation
required by
the game
being played.
●
A
love
triangle.
●
The structure of systems
composed
with three
interrelated
objects.
●
A draughtsman's
square
in the form of a
right-angled
triangle.
●
A
frame
formed
of three
poles
stuck
in the ground
and
united
at the
top
, to which people were
bound
when
undergoing
corporal
punishment.
●
Any of various large
papilionid
butterflies
of the
genus
Graphium.
●
In Rail transportation:
A
triangular
formation
of
railway tracks
, with a
curve
on
at least
one side.
Name
●
The area
comprising
the
cities
of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.
●
Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
triangle
English
triangle
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Threeside
Trigon
Triangle
Bluebottle
Wye
Love Triangle
Related
Rectangle
Circle
Pyramid
Polygon
Cone
Quadrilateral
Curve
Triangular
Square
Cube
Tetrahedron
Ring
Sphere
Knot
Dome
Graph
Diagonal
Spiral
Parallelogram
Line
Trapezoid
Arrow
Horseshoe
Angle
Tree
Shape
Rhombus
Equation
Block
Pole
Loop
Vertex
Pattern
Matrix
Pentagram
Symbol
Zone
Arc
Picture
Hexagon
Region
Parabola
Image
Plane
Corner
Dot
Grid
Rectangular
Ribbon
Semicircle
Vector
Triangular Prism
Red Rectangle
Vertical Line
Straight Line
Right Angle
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Rhymes
Triangle
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