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 Tehorah_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. Cedric Richmond:

    All of her assignments before were not as clear cut. If you look at [ migration issues related to diplomacy at the ] Northern Triangle, look at voting rights, there was no clear way to measure success, i just reminded her that she and the President are both the biggest assets that we have.

  2. C. M. Cox:

    Blaise Pascal used to mark with charcoal the walls of his playroom, seeking a means of making a circle perfectly round and a triangle whose sides and angle were all equal. He discovered these things for himself and then began to seek the relationship which existed between them. He did not know any mathematical terms and so he made up his own. Using these names he made axioms and finally developed perfect demonstrations, until he had come to the thirty-second proposition of Euclid.

  3. Nancy Pelosi:

    The timing of our trip relates to the migration issue, which is important to our countries in the Northern Triangle as well as in the United States and Mexico.

  4. Troy Miller:

    The surge of family units began in the Rio Grande Valley on Jan 23 when Tamaulipas stopped taking back Northern Triangle families with tender-aged children under the age of 7.

  5. Paisit Sangkahapong:

    From our statistics, Operation 1511 has been able to seize a lot, however, there are still some other precursor chemicals that get through our checkpoints to the Golden Triangle area. This is something we have to work on.

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