triangle
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Synonyms: tringle, trangle, wrangle, tingle, tangle, triage, cringle, twangle, brangle, trindle, strangle
Antonyms: tringle, trangle, wrangle, tingle, tangle, triage, cringle, twangle, brangle, trindle, strangle
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|Q19821}} {{lb|en|geometry}} A [[polygon]] with [[threeside|three sides]] and three angles. {{C|en|Trigonometry}}
- {{lb|en|US|Canada}} A [[set square]].
- {{lb|en|music}} 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.
- {{lb|en|cue sports}} A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- A [[love triangle]].
- {{lb|en|systemics}} The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- {{lb|en|historical|usually|in the plural}} A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for [[corporal punishment]].
- Any of various large [[papilionid]] butterflies of the [[genus]] ''[[Graphium]]''.
- {{lb|en|rail}} A [[triangular]] formation of [[railway track]]s, with a curve on at least one side.
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Verb
- {{lb|en|psychology}} 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.
Proper noun
- {{place|en|place|c/USA}}:
- {{place|en|comm|in|p/Newfoundland and Labrador|c/Canada|seemingly in|x/Labrador}}.
- {{place|en|place|cc/England}}:
- {{place|en|small town|p:suf/Masvingo|c/Zimbabwe}}.
- {{ellipsis of|en|Bermuda Triangle}}.
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