Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of triangle is as below...

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..

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..

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..

Tetrahedron :: Tetrahedron (n.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

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..

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

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

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..

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

Cone :: Cone (n.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex..

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

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..

Produce :: Produce (v. t.) To extend; -- applied to a line, surface, or solid; as, to produce a side of a triangle..

Hypothenuse :: Hypothenuse (n.) The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

Spider''s Web :: Spider's web () The silken web which is formed by most kinds of spiders, particularly the web spun to entrap their prey. See Geometric spider, Triangle spider, under Geometric, and Triangle..

Kathetal :: Kathetal (a.) Making a right angle; perpendicular, as two lines or two sides of a triangle, which include a right angle..

Cepheus :: Cepheus (n.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia..

Octahedron :: Octahedron (n.) A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

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..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Random Fonts

Most Popular