Word of the Day 01/13/23 Vote

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Triangle (noun)
triangle [ trahy-ang-guhl ]

noun
1. a closed plane figure having three sides and three angles.
2. a flat triangular piece, usually of plastic, with straight edges, used in connection with a T square for drawing perpendicular lines, geometric figures, etc.
3. any three-cornered or three-sided figure, object, or piece: a triangle of land.
4. a musical percussion instrument that consists of a steel triangle, open at one corner, that is struck with a steel rod.
5. a group of three; triad.
6. a situation involving three persons, especially one in which two of them are in love with the third.
7. Triangle, Astronomy. the constellation Triangulum.

OTHER WORDS FROM TRIANGLE
triangled, adjective

See synonyms for triangle on Thesaurus.com

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin triangulum, noun use of neuter of triangulus “three-cornered”, see tri-, angle

HOW TO USE TRIANGLE IN A SENTENCE
For example, you can change drawing A into drawing B by flipping the triangle made by nodes 1, 2 and 3 over the edge connecting nodes 2 and 3.
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A triangle with sides of all different lengths is “scalene,” or “unequal.”
WHY MATHEMATICIANS SHOULD STOP NAMING THINGS AFTER EACH OTHER - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDE|LAURA BALL|SEPTEMBER 2, 2020|NAUTILUS

There is the classic triangle, a sturdy square, and you may even see some rectangular shapes if you are dealing with a nice flatbread.
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For the four Platonic solids built out of squares or equilateral triangles — the cube, tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron — mathematicians recently figured out that the answer is no.
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Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.