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triangle
English
Etymology
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from tr?s (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?t?a?????l/, /?t?a??æ???l/
- (US) enPR: tr?'-?ng-g?l, IPA(key): /?t?a??æ???l/
- Rhymes: -a?æ???l
- Hyphenation: tri?an?gle
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, usually in the plural) 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.
- Synonym: bluebottle
- (rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- Synonym: wye
Synonyms
- (polygon): threeside, trigon (rare)
- (love triangle): love triangle, menage à trois
- See also Thesaurus:triangle
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Triangle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Triangle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Triangle (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- INTEGRAL, alerting, altering, integral, relating, tanglier, teraglin
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin triangulum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /t?i?a?.?l?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /t?i?a?.?le/
Noun
triangle m (plural triangles)
- (geometry) triangle
- (music) triangle
Related terms
- triangular
Further reading
- “triangle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “triangle” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “triangle” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “triangle” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin triangulum. Synchronically analysable as tri- +? angle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i.j???l/
Noun
triangle m (plural triangles)
- (geometry) triangle (polygon)
- (music) triangle (percussion instrument)
Derived terms
- triangle amoureux
- triangle de sécurité
- triangulaire
Further reading
- “triangle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- intégral
triangle From the web:
- what triangle is obtuse
- what triangle is both scalene and right
- what triangle is 180 degrees
- what triangle is both scalene and acute
- what triangle has an obtuse angle
- what triangle has three acute angles
- what triangle equals 180 degrees
- what triangle has 3 acute angles
trioval
English
Etymology
Blend of triangle +? oval
Alternative forms
- tri-oval
Noun
trioval (plural triovals)
- A shape that is a hybrid of triangle and oval, sometimes used for motor racetracks.
Anagrams
- Livarot
trioval From the web:
- what is trioval used for
- what is tri oval drugs for
- what is the trioval club
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