triangle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'triangle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Triangle

[ n.]

- A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
- 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.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- 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.
- A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
- A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.

Meaning of 'triangle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . triangle

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- something approximating the shape of a triangle

Example in sentence:

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

Nearby Words:

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Astronomical triangle
Astronomical triangle is the spherical triangle formed by joining the observer’s elevated pole, his zenith and the position of the body on the celestial sphere.

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