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Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of 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..

Isosceles :: Isosceles (a.) Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.

Cathetus :: Cathetus (n.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle..

Triangulate :: Triangulate (v. t.) To divide into triangles; specifically, to survey by means of a series of triangles properly laid down and measured..

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..

Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.

Three-square :: Three-square (a.) Having a cross section in the form of an equilateral triangle; -- said especially of a kind of file.

Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

Oblique-angled :: Oblique-angled (a.) Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle..

Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

Pentacle :: Pentacle (n.) A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages..

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

Trilateral :: Trilateral (a.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle..

Equilateral :: Equilateral (a.) Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon..

Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..

Self-conjugate :: Self-conjugate (a.) Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles..

Birectangular :: Birectangular (a.) Containing or having two right angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle..

Scalene :: Scalene (n.) A triangle having its sides and angles unequal.

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..

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