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triangular

tri·an·gu·lar

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of or shaped like a triangle; three-cornered
of or involving three persons, factions, units, or parts
having bases that are triangles, as a prism

Origin of triangular

Late Latin triangularis

triangular

adjective

Of, relating to, or shaped like a triangle.
Having a triangle for a base: a triangular pyramid.
Relating to or involving three entities, such as three people, objects, or ideas.

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tri·an′gu·lar′i·ty
noun

tri·an′gu·lar·ly
adverb

triangular

Adjective

(comparative more triangular, superlative most triangular)

Shaped like a triangle.
Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

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Belgrade occupies a triangular ridge or foreland, washed on the north-west by the Save, and on the north-east by the Danube; these rivers flowing respectively from the south-west and north-west.
To P. onocrotalus both in appearance and habits, but remarkable for a triangular, horny excrescence developed on the ridge of the male's bill in the breeding season, which falls off without leaving trace of its existence when that is over.
Germain a roughly triangular district north of the Karawanken range was referred to a popular plebiscite.
Owing to this property, tubes or canes can be produced with a square, oblong, oval or triangular section.
In the males the horns are usually compressed and triangular, with transverse ridges or knobs, and either curving backwards or spiral.

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