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triangular

  • adjective
  • /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/

Shaped like a triangle.

Other meanings

  1. Of, or pertaining to, triangles.

  2. Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

Related words

  • equitriangular
  • nontriangular
  • ovotriangular
  • quasitriangular
  • subtriangular
  • triangularine
  • triangularity
  • triangularization
  • triangularize
  • triangularly
  • unitriangular
  • obtriangular

Example sentences

  • “Draw a square inside the triangular figure.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Cats have triangular ears.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "triangulāris".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “triangular” 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.