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Triangle

Triangle

49 8.3
A small group of stars that form a shape in the northern sky between Andromeda and Aries
  • proper noun
  • /ˈtraɪæŋɡəl/
translation icon : Triángulo (constelación)
  • During the summer nights, the Triangle constellation emerges clearly in the sky.

Examples

  • When stargazing, you can easily spot the Triangle, which features three bright stars.

  • To complete the Summer Triangle, we must look to Aquila the Eagle.

  • What season is best for the summer triangle or brightest star Vega?

  • In June 1980, the consortium formally adopted Triangle Research Libraries Network as its name.

    Academic text (2013)
  • "Right." Leslie and Oliver Russell were seated on a bench in Triangle Park.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Colvin has also succeeded in business, co-founding the Triangle Research and Development Corp. in 1979.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The Triangle is a small northern constellation located between Andromeda and Aries.

Synonyms

Triangulum
vsTriangle
1 9.9

A small group of stars in the northern sky between Andromeda and Aries

has identical meaning but uses the English name

Compounds

An area of sea between Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico where ships and planes are said to disappear

right triangle
  • Specialized
2 3.2

A triangle with one angle equal to 90 degrees

isosceles triangle
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A triangle with two sides of the same length

Bermuda Triangle
  • Informal
1 5.8

A part of a project where tasks, decisions, or resources disappear and never get done

A triangle with one angle of 90 degrees

A triangle with all three sides the same length

obtuse triangle
  • Specialized
1 3.3

A triangle with one angle larger than 90 degrees

oblique triangle
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A triangle with no right angle

Pythagorean triangle
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Triangle with a right angle whose sides are whole numbers and follow a^2 + b^2 = c^2

scalene triangle
  • Specialized
1 4.4

A triangle that has all sides of different lengths and all angles of different sizes

equiangular triangle
  • Specialized
5.8

A triangle with three equal angles, each 60 degrees

acute-angled triangle
  • Specialized
3.2

A triangle in which all three angles are less than 90 degrees

acute triangle
  • Specialized
3.9

A triangle with all three angles less than 90 degrees

A romantic relationship between three people with love and jealousy

4.7

A triangle with one angle greater than 90 degrees

A small group of three bright stars in the southern sky near Circinus and Apus

spherical triangle
  • Specialized
9.8

A triangle on a sphere made by three arcs of great circles

Surface Forms

Triangle main

Morphology

Triangle = triangle (semi-transparent) = tri + angle

The base noun triangle is transparently built from tri + angle.

Etymology

The word Triangle comes from the Latin triangulum, made of tri- 'three' and angulum 'angle' or 'corner'. That's why the constellation is called Triangle: its three bright stars make a simple three-corner shape.