Definition of triangle

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Triangle (n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles..

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Trilateral :: Trilateral (a.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle..
Triangulate :: Triangulate (v. t.) To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured..
Obtuse-angular :: obtuse-angular (a.) Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle..
Cuproid :: Cuproid (n.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles..
Altitude :: Altitude (n.) The perpendicular distance from the base of a figure to the summit, or to the side parallel to the base; as, the altitude of a triangle, pyramid, parallelogram, frustum, etc..
Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) A solid figure contained by a plane rectilineal figure as base and several triangles which have a common vertex and whose bases are sides of the base.
Oblique-angled :: Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle..
Spherograph :: Spherograph (n.) An instrument for facilitating the practical use of spherics in navigation and astronomy, being constructed of two cardboards containing various circles, and turning upon each other in such a manner that any possible spherical triangle may be readily found, and the measures of the parts read off by inspection..
Kathetal :: Kathetal (a.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle..
Escribed :: Escribed (a.) Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced..
Self-conjugate :: Self-conjugate (a.) Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles..
Pyramid :: Pyramid (n.) The game of pool in which the balls are placed in the form of a triangle at spot.
Triangular :: Triangular (a.) Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
Isosceles :: Isosceles (a.) Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.
Transversal :: Transversal (n.) A straight line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines, as a line intersecting the three sides of a triangle or the sides produced..
Chorograph :: Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc..
Birectangular :: Birectangular (a.) Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle..
Incenter :: Incenter (n.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
Area :: Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle..
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