What does triangle mean?

Definitions for triangle
ˈtraɪˌæŋ gəltri·an·gle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. triangle, trigon, trilateralnoun

    a three-sided polygon

  2. trianglenoun

    something approximating the shape of a triangle

    "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"

  3. Triangulum, Trianglenoun

    a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries

  4. trianglenoun

    any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles

  5. trianglenoun

    a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

Wiktionary

  1. trianglenoun

    A polygon with three sides and three angles.

  2. trianglenoun

    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.

  3. trianglenoun

    A triangular shaped piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.

  4. trianglenoun

    A love triangle.

  5. trianglenoun

    The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.

  6. Trianglenoun

    The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.

  7. Etymology: From triangle.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. TRIANGLEnoun

    A figure of three angles.

    Etymology: triangle, Fr. triangulum, Lat.

    The three angles of a triangle are equal to two right ones. John Locke.

Wikipedia

  1. Triangle

    A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices. It is one of the basic shapes in geometry. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted △ A B C {\displaystyle \triangle ABC} . In Euclidean geometry, any three points, when non-collinear, determine a unique triangle and simultaneously, a unique plane (i.e. a two-dimensional Euclidean space). In other words, there is only one plane that contains that triangle, and every triangle is contained in some plane. If the entire geometry is only the Euclidean plane, there is only one plane and all triangles are contained in it; however, in higher-dimensional Euclidean spaces, this is no longer true. This article is about triangles in Euclidean geometry, and in particular, the Euclidean plane, except where otherwise noted.

ChatGPT

  1. triangle

    A triangle is a polygon with three edges and three vertices. It is the simplest possible polygon. The sum of the internal angles in a triangle always equals 180 degrees. Triangles can be classified based on the relationship of their sides and angles such as equilateral (all sides are equal), isosceles (two sides are equal), scalene (no sides are equal), right-angled (one angle is a right angle), obtuse (one angle is greater than 90 degrees), and acute (all angles are less than 90 degrees).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Trianglenoun

    a figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles

  2. Trianglenoun

    an instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod

  3. Trianglenoun

    a draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle

  4. Trianglenoun

    a kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused

  5. Trianglenoun

    a small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda

  6. Trianglenoun

    a small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars

Wikidata

  1. triangle

    A triangle is one of the basic shapes in geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted . In Euclidean geometry any three points, when non-collinear, determine a unique triangle and a unique plane.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. triangle

    A geometrical figure consisting of three sides and as many angles. Also, a machine formed by spars for lifting weights, water-casks, &c. Also, a stage hung round a mast, to scrape, paint, or grease it.

Editors Contribution

  1. trianglenoun

    Transitive translations having three groups of specific kinds of atoms in the names of classes usually measured in degrees of an inclining slope. 1.) A plane figure with three straight sides and three angles.

    The computed pyramid is projected as a triangle in the display of a human blueprint.

    Etymology: 23rd degree


    Submitted by Tony_Elyon on March 4, 2024  

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Entomology

  1. Triangle

    in Odonata: a small, triangular cell at the junction of cubitus with cubitus 1: a similar cell adjoining it basally is the internal triangle discoidal triangle: cardinal cell; q.v.

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'triangle' in Nouns Frequency: #2919

Anagrams for triangle »

  1. relating

  2. alerting

  3. altering

  4. integral

  5. teraglin

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of triangle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of triangle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of triangle in a Sentence

  1. The ADL:

    Whether intentional or not, this gray and white stripped pattern and pink triangle combination is deeply offensive and should not be mainstreamed into popular culture.

  2. Mark Morgan:

    Mexico is not where we’re at, the Northern Triangle countries aren’t where we at, there are multiple countries in Western Hemisphere that are not where America is at when it comes to vaccines and dealing with COVID, but they’re still going to open it up to people in these countries to come from, to transverse through to get to our country, and allow them in -- it’s absolutely endangering American lives and once again shows this administration puts America last and everyone else first.

  3. Donald Trump:

    We were paying them tremendous amounts of money. And we're not paying them anymore. Because they haven't done a thing for us. They set up these caravans, at the Secretary's instruction, we are carrying out the President's direction and ending FY 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle.

  4. Michael Brown:

    You have this triangle of everyone's fighting over who's responsible for what. And the person caught in the middle, rightly or wrongly, is the victim. All they want to do is just get their lives back to normal.

  5. Jimmy Borah:

    Many collectors are willing topay thousands of dollars or more for the rarest, most unique and mostendangered species, often buying them at the region’s illegal wildlife markets, especially in the Golden Triangle region where China, Laos, Thailand and Myanmarmeet, to save them, it’s crucial thatwe improve enforcement against poaching and close illegal wildlife markets aswell as the tiger and bear farms that openly flaunt wildlife laws.

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