Definition of triangle

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Triangle (n.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused..

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Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles..
Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.
Trinity :: Trinity (n.) Any symbol of the Trinity employed in Christian art, especially the triangle..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod..
Cuproid :: Cuproid (n.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles..
Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.
Circumcenter :: Circumcenter (n.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.
Chorograph :: Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc..
Wing :: Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars..
Triangled :: Triangled (a.) Having three angles; triangular.
Coincide :: Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other..
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..
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..
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..
Transmutation :: Transmutation (n.) The change or reduction of one figure or body into another of the same area or solidity, but of a different form, as of a triangle into a square..
Subtense :: Subtend (v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc..
Incenter :: Incenter (n.) The center of the circle inscribed in a triangle.
Right-angled :: Right-angled (a.) Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle..
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