tri|an|gle

tri|an|gle
tri|an|gle «TRY ANG guhl», noun.
1. a plane figure having three sides and three angles.
2. something shaped like triangle; any three-cornered body, object, or space.
3. a musical instrument consisting of a triangle of steel open at one corner, that is struck with a small steel rod.
4. Figurative. a group or set of three; triad: »

Mrs. Dudeney's novel…deals with the eternal triangle, which, in this case, consists of two men and one woman (London Daily Chronicle).

5. a thin, flat, straight-edged object in the shape of a triangle, usually a right triangle. It is used with a T-square in drawing parallel, perpendicular, and diagonal lines.
╂[< Latin triangulum < tri- three + angulus corner]

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