Definition of triangular

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Triangular (a.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem..

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Chip :: Chip (n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Mouflon :: Mouflon (n.) A wild sheep (Ovis musimon), inhabiting the mountains of Sardinia, Corsica, etc. Its horns are very large, with a triangular base and rounded angles. It is supposed by some to be the original of the domestic sheep. Called also musimon or musmon..
Pavon :: Pavon (n.) A small triangular flag, esp. one attached to a knight's lance; a pennon..
Tetrahexahedron :: Tetrahexahedron (n.) A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..
Gore :: Gore (v.) A wedgeshaped or triangular piece of cloth, canvas, etc., sewed into a garment, sail, etc., to give greater width at a particular part..
Spandrel :: Spandrel (n.) The irregular triangular space between the curve of an arch and the inclosing right angle; or the space between the outer moldings of two contiguous arches and a horizontal line above them, or another arch above and inclosing them..
Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) The recessed face of a pediment within the frame made by the upper and lower cornices, being usually a triangular space or table..
Trigonal :: Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles..
Manis :: Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin..
Deltoid :: Deltoid (a.) Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
Hexoctahedron :: Hexoctahedron (n.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.
Sedge :: Sedge (n.) Any plant of the genus Carex, perennial, endogenous herbs, often growing in dense tufts in marshy places. They have triangular jointless stems, a spiked inflorescence, and long grasslike leaves which are usually rough on the margins and midrib. There are several hundred species..
Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..
Triangulares :: Triangulares (n. pl.) The triangular, or maioid, crabs. See Illust. under Maioid, and Illust. of Spider crab, under Spider..
Subtribe :: Subtriangular (a.) Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular..
Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery..
Buckwheat :: Buckwheat (n.) The triangular seed used, when ground, for griddle cakes, etc..
Cultivator :: Cultivator (n.) An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles..
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