Sekirov Dictionary

triangle

UK /ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/US /ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

noun 10
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun10

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A polygon with three sides and three angles.
- The wedge-shaped character was the triangle, the archaic Paleolithic sign of the vulva; the pubic triangle was at the end of the phallic stylus. — 1981
A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
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A love triangle.
- One of the writers' most pleasing inventions was to treat the triangle love story as comedy. — 2009
The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
(US, Canada) A set square.
A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
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A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- After turning on the triangle at Jeumont, we set off light engine back to Aulnoye. — 1961
Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
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[usually plural] (historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- I was flogged in 1840. To this day I feel a pain in the chest from the triangles. — 1851

verb1

To form or be included in a three-part interaction, e.g., a Karpman drama triangle, such as by being ganged up on by two people or being torn between conflicting demands from two sources.

forms

triangled · triangling · triangles

Phrases with triangle

eternal triangle
A relationship involving three persons (usually two women and one man or two men and one woman) among whom there are conflicting and competing attachments of a romantic or emotional nature.

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