さんぽう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of さんぽう – see the following entries.

【三方さんぼう】 [noun] three directions [noun] 三宝: a four-sided stand, usually made of cedar, on which a tray can be placed, with decorative holes on the front, left, and right sides of the stand; formerly used as a kind of one-person table at mealtimes, and now used mainly for votive offerings and other ceremonial purposes [noun] (dated) in traditional Japanese mathematics, synonym for 正三角形 (sei sankakukei, “equilateral triangle”) Alternative spelling 三宝

【山砲】 [noun] mountain gun, a cannon for use in mountains

【算法】 [noun] (computing, mathematics) algorithm [noun] (mathematics) operation [noun] arithmetic

(This term, さんぽう, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)