triangle
noun
- idiophone type of musical instrument in the percussion family
- basic three-sided shape of geometry
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/ / /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/
name
Etymology: From triangle; in North Carolina from being a triangular region.
- A place in the United States:
“I moved to the Triangle two years ago.”
“Many Triangle residents enjoy iced tea.”
- A place in the United States:
- A place in the United States:
- A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.
- A place in England:
- A place in England:
- A place in England:
- A small town in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe.
- Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle.
noun
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + -angle.
- A polygon with three sides and three angles.
“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.”
- A set square.
- 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.
- A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- A love triangle.
“One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.”
- The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
“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;”
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
“After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye.”