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triangle
[ trahy-ang-guhl ]
noun
- a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
- a flat triangular piece, usually of plastic, with straight edges, used in connection with a T square for drawing perpendicular lines, geometric figures, etc.
- any three-cornered or three-sided figure, object, or piece:
a triangle of land.
- a musical percussion instrument that consists of a steel triangle, open at one corner, that is struck with a steel rod.
- a group of three; triad.
- a situation involving three persons, especially one in which two of them are in love with the third.
- Triangle, Astronomy. the constellation Triangulum.
triangle
/ ˈ³Ù°ù²¹ÉªËŒÃ¦Å‹É¡É™±ô /
noun
- geometry a three-sided polygon that can be classified by angle, as in an acute triangle, or by side, as in an equilateral triangle. Sum of interior angles: 180°; area: 1 2 base × height
- any object shaped like a triangle
- any situation involving three parties or points of view See also eternal triangle
- music a percussion instrument consisting of a sonorous metal bar bent into a triangular shape, beaten with a metal stick
- a group of three
triangle
/ ³Ù°ùī′ă²Ô²µâ€²gÉ™±ô /
- A closed geometric figure consisting of three sides.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³Ù°ù¾±ËŒ²¹²Ô²µ±ô±ð»å, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù°ù¾±î€ƒa²Ôg±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of triangle1
Idioms and Phrases
see eternal triangle .Example Sentences
Shouldn’t she at least strive to be an equal in this tangled friendship triangle?
According to Anna Gammon-Ross, an Astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, "the three brightest stars that can be seen at this time of the year make up a small triangle in the sky."
Each student can audition for different, small parts in the program: drums, cymbals, the triangle — all things that would widen any child’s eyes when they walk into a music class.
Perhaps the best analogy is that the tech expertise held within the London-Oxford-Cambridge triangle could become for a booming AI-driven Silicon Valley what London's financial City became to New York's Wall Street.
It’s half “Rocky,†half “Ocean’s 11,†to overstate the case, with a sort of love triangle laid on top.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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