triangle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 External links 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 2.3 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old French triangle.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: trī'-ăng-gəl, IPA: /ˈtraɪæŋɡəl/, SAMPA: /"traI{Ng@l/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[edit] Noun

triangle (plural triangles)

1. (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
2. (music) 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.
3. (cue sports) A triangular shaped piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
4. A love triangle.
   • 2009, Neil McDonald, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 104:

     One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy.

5. (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.

[edit] Synonyms

• (polygon): trigon (rare)
• (love triangle): love triangle, menage à trois
• See also Wikisaurus:triangle

[edit] Translations

love triangle See love triangle

[edit] Derived terms

acute-angled triangle acute triangle anal triangle Bermuda Triangle black triangle circular triangle Devil's Triangle equilateral triangle eternal triangle femoral triangle golden triangle Golden Triangle isosceles triangle

love triangle North Atlantic Triangle obtuse-angled triangle obtuse triangle Pascal's triangle Polynesian Triangle pubic triangle Reuleaux triangle right-angled triangle right triangle scalene triangle set triangle Sierpinski triangle

spherical triangle Sunni Triangle triangle choke triangle inequality triangle offense triangle piercing triangle test triangle wave triangular triangular distribution triangular function triangular prism triangulate triangulation

[edit] External links

• Triangle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triangle (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Triangle (disambiguation)
• Triangle (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Triangle (instrument)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegilnrt
• alerting
• altering
• integral
• relating

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

triangle m. (plural triangles)

1. triangle (polygon)
2. triangle (percussion instrument)

[edit] Derived terms

• triangulaire

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aegilnrt
• intégral