Triangle
['traɪæŋg(ə)l] or ['traɪæŋɡl]
Definition
(noun.) a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle.
(noun.) any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles.
(noun.) a three-sided polygon.
(noun.) something approximating the shape of a triangle; 'the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle'.
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Definition
(n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
(n.) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Three-sided figure.
Typist: Mag
Definition
n. (math.) a plane figure with three angles and three sides: a musical instrument of percussion formed of a steel rod bent in triangle-form open at one angle: a frame of three halberds stuck in the ground to which soldiers were formerly bound to be flogged (generally pl.).—adjs. Trī′angled Triang′ūlar having three angles.—n. Triangūlar′ity.—adv. Triang′ūlarly.—v.t. Triang′ūlāte to survey by means of a series of triangles.—adv. Triang′ūlātely.—n. Triangūlā′tion act of triangulating: the series of triangles so used.—adj. Triang′ūloid.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a triangle, foretells separation from friends, and love affairs will terminate in disagreements.
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Examples
- We had lain in hay and talked and shot sparrows with an air-rifle when they perched in the triangle cut high up in the wall of the barn. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The base of the triangle is grooved for the twofold purpose of making the rubber adhere better to the rail, and to increase resiliency. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He abandoned the attempt to cut dashes as such, in the paper tape, but instead punched three round holes so arranged as to form a triangle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For the numbers 3, 4, 5, which represent the sides of the Pythagorean triangle, also denote the intervals of the scale. Plato. The Republic.
- There was much scope for diplomacy in this triangle of kings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But let them have it as an example of the eternal triangle, the trinity of hate. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When a triangle of three holes, intended to form the dash, reached the wheels, one of them dropped into a lower hole. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For example, Thales saw that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal, and that when two straight lines cut one another the vertically opposite angles are equal. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And again, on the basis of his knowledge of the relation of the sides of a triangle to its angles, he developed a practical rule for ascertaining the distance of a ship from the shore. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The rubber is molded in long strips in some form of isosceles triangle, depending on the style of the game to be played. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the first course, there was a shoulder of mutton cut into an equilateral triangle, a piece of beef into a rhomboides, and a pudding into a cycloid. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- This re quired the intervention of specialists, expert rope-fasteners, who laid off a triangle by means of a rope divided into three parts, of three, four, and five units. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The cross will also be reflected by the mirror on the right side, and the triangle by the one on the left. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Triangles and rectangles cease to suggest meadows, or vineyards, or any definite imagery of that sort, and are discussed in their abstract relationship. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Rigid triangles of iron pipe are secured to these cables and the trolley wire attached to the triangles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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