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TRIANGLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("triangle" is a kind of...):
percussion instrument; percussive instrument (a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("triangle" is a kind of...):
drafting instrument (an instrument used by a draftsman in making drawings)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A three-sided polygon
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("triangle" is a kind of...):
polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "triangle"):
acute-angled triangle; acute triangle (a triangle whose interior angles are all acute)
equiangular triangle; equilateral triangle (a three-sided regular polygon)
isosceles triangle (a triangle with two equal sides)
oblique triangle (a triangle that contains no right angle)
obtuse-angled triangle; obtuse triangle (a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle)
right-angled triangle; right triangle (a triangle with one right angle)
scalene triangle (a triangle with no two sides of equal length)
cuneus; wedge; wedge shape (any shape that is triangular in cross section)
Derivation:
triangular (having three sides)
triangular (having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle)
triangulate (survey by triangulation)
triangulate (divide into triangles or give a triangular form to)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Something approximating the shape of a triangle
Example:
the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("triangle" is a kind of...):
form; shape (the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance)
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