Triangle

Definitions

1. A polygon with three sides and three angles.
2. A place in the United States:
3. The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.
4. A set square.
   Canada, US
5. A town in Broome County, New York.
6. 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.
7. A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia.
8. A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
9. A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.
10. A love triangle.
11. A place in England:
12. A hamlet in Hewelsfield and Brockweir parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5401).
13. The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
14. A suburb of Burntwood in Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0507).
15. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
16. A small village south-west of Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0422).
17. A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
    historical, plural-normally
18. A small town in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe.
19. Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
20. Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
21. A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.

Equivalents

60 more languages

العربيةالمثلثمثلث

Azərbaycan diliüçbucaq

Беларускаятрохку́тнік

Българскитриъгълник

বাংলাত্রিভুজ

བོད་སྐད།གྲུ་གསུམ

Bosanskitriangltrokutтрианглтрокут+ 1 more

Catalàtriangle

Češtinatriangltrojúhelník

Cymraegtriongl

Dansktrekanttriangel

Ελληνικάτρίγωνο

Esperantotriangulotrilatero

Eestikolmnurk

Euskarahiruki

فارسیمثلث

Suomikolmikulmiokolmiokolmioraidepimpparautatriangeli+ 2 more

Gaeilgetriantán

Gàidhligtrì-cheàrnagtriantan

Galegoferriñosferrostriángulovinco+ 1 more

ગુજરાતીત્રિકોણ

עבריתמשולש

हिन्दीतिकोनत्रिकोणत्रिभुज

Hrvatskitriangltrokutтрианглтрокут+ 1 more

Magyarháromszögtriangulum

Հայերենեռանկյուն

Bahasa Indonesiasegitiga

Íslenskaþríhornþríhyrningur

Italianotriangolo

日本語トライアングル三角三角形

ქართულისამკუთხედი

Қазақ тіліүшбұрыш

ភាសាខ្មែរត្រីកោណ

한국어삼각삼각형세모트라이앵글+ 1 more

Кыргызчаүч бурчтукүчбурч

Latinatriangulumtrigonum

Lietuviųtrikampis

Latviešutrīsstūris

Te Reo Māoritapatoru

Македонскитриаголник

Bahasa Melayusegi telusegi tiga

မြန်မာတြိဂံ

Nederlandsdriehoektriangel

Polskiekierkatriangeltriangułtrójkąt+ 1 more

Portuguêsferrinhostriângulo

Românătrianglutriunghi

Русскийтреуго́льник

Slovenščinatriangeltrikotnik

Shqiptrekëndësh

Српскиtriangltrokutтрианглтрокут+ 1 more

Svenskatrekanttriangel

Kiswahilipembetatu

தமிழ்முக்கோணம்

తెలుగుత్రికోణముత్రిభుజము

ไทยสามเหลี่ยม

Türkmençeüçburçluk

Tagalogbatingtingtatsuloktilasithatriyanggulo+ 1 more

Türkçemüsellesüçgen

Українськатрикутник

Tiếng Việthình tam giáckẻng tam giáctam giác

Examples

“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.”

“One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat⟳ the triangle love⟳ story as comedy.”

“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;”

“After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set⟳ off light⟳ engine back to Aulnoye.”

“I moved to the Triangle two years ago.”

“Many Triangle residents enjoy⟳ iced tea.”

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