triangle
see also: Triangle
Pronunciation Noun
Triangle
Proper noun
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see also: Triangle
Pronunciation Noun
triangle (plural triangles)
- (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
- (US, Canada) A set square.
- (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.
- (cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- A love triangle.
- 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:
- One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.
- 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:
- (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- (historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- Synonyms: bluebottle
- (rail) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- Synonyms: wye
- (polygon) threeside, trigon (rare)
- (love triangle) love triangle, menage à trois
- See also Thesaurus:triangle
- French: triangle
- German: Dreieck
- Italian: triangolo
- Portuguese: triângulo
- Russian: треуго́льник
- Spanish: triángulo
- French: triangle
- German: Triangel
- Italian: triangolo
- Portuguese: triângulo, ferrinhos
- Russian: треуго́льник
- Spanish: triángulo
Triangle
Proper noun
- The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.
- I moved to the Triangle two years ago.
- Many Triangle residents enjoy iced tea.
- Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle#English|Bermuda Triangle
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