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triangle

  • noun
  • tri·an·gle
  • trī'-ăng-gəl

A polygon with three sides and three angles.

Other meanings

  1. 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.

  2. A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.

Example sentences

  • “Are these triangles congruent?”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "triangulum".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “triangle” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.