triangle
nounEtymology
PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.
- derived from triangulum
- derived from triangle
- inherited from triangle
Definitions
A polygon with three sides and three angles.
- The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus.
A set square.
A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open…
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.
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A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required…
A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
A love triangle.
- One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
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…
A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles.
- But nothing is said as to what we are to do with the negro when we have cut him off from absolute dominion; we are not informed if we may spread him on the triangles as aforetime;
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye.
A place in the United States
A place in the United States:
- I moved to the Triangle two years ago.
- Many Triangle residents enjoy iced tea.
A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.
A place in England
A place in England:
A small town in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe.
Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle.
The neighborhood
- synonym△
- synonymtriangle
- neighborpolygon
- neighborshape
- neighboracute-angled triangle
- neighboracute triangle
- neighborequilateral triangle
- neighborisosceles triangle
- neighborobtuse-angled triangle
- neighborobtuse triangle
- neighborright-angled triangle
- neighborright triangle
- neighborscalene triangle
Derived
acute-angled triangle, acute triangle, anal triangle, anterior triangle, anti-triangle, Bermuda Triangle, black triangle, blue triangle, Brocard triangle, Calot's triangle, Cape triangle, carotid triangle, circular triangle, color triangle, colour triangle, combustion triangle, cyclic triangle, cystohepatic triangle, danger triangle, danger triangle of the face, devil's triangle, disclosure triangle, equilateral triangle, eternal triangle, femoral triangle, fire triangle, Floyd's triangle, furry triangle, Gergonne triangle, golden triangle, Goualougo Triangle, Harberger's triangle, Harberger triangle, hepatobiliary triangle, hepatocystic triangle, ideal triangle, iron triangle, isosceles triangle, Kanizsa triangle, Karpman drama triangle · +59 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at triangle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at triangle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at triangle
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA