triangular.html - n.
1 a plane figure with three sides and angles.
2 any three things not in a straight line, with imaginary lines joining them.
3 an implement of this shape.
4 a musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by striking it with a small steel rod.
5 a situation, esp. an emotional relationship, involving three people.
6 a right-angled triangle of wood etc. as a drawing-implement.
7 Naut. a device of three spars for raising weights.
8 hist. a frame of three halberds joined at the top to which a soldier was bound for flogging.

triangle of forces a triangle whose sides represent in magnitude and direction three forces in equilibrium. [ME f. OF triangle or L triangulum neut. of triangulus three-cornered (as TRI-, ANGLE(1))]

triangular.html - adj.
1 triangle-shaped, three-cornered.
2 (of a contest or treaty etc.) between three persons or parties.
3 (of a pyramid) having a three-sided base.

triangularity n. triangularly adv. [LL triangularis (as TRIANGLE)]

triangular.html - v. & adj.
--v.

tr.
1 divide (an area) into triangles for surveying purposes.
2 a measure and map (an area) by the use of triangles with a known base length and base angles. b determine (a height, distance, etc.) in this way.

--adj.

Zool. marked with triangles.

triangulately adv. triangulation n. [L triangulatus triangular (as TRIANGLE)]

triangular.html - adj.
Bot. having three stamens.

triangular.html - n.
1 a plane figure with three sides and angles.
2 any three things not in a straight line, with imaginary lines joining them.
3 an implement of this shape.
4 a musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by striking it with a small steel rod.
5 a situation, esp. an emotional relationship, involving three people.
6 a right-angled triangle of wood etc. as a drawing-implement.
7 Naut. a device of three spars for raising weights.
8 hist. a frame of three halberds joined at the top to which a soldier was bound for flogging.

triangle of forces a triangle whose sides represent in magnitude and direction three forces in equilibrium. [ME f. OF triangle or L triangulum neut. of triangulus three-cornered (as TRI-, ANGLE(1))]

triangular.html - adj.
1 triangle-shaped, three-cornered.
2 (of a contest or treaty etc.) between three persons or parties.
3 (of a pyramid) having a three-sided base.

triangularity n. triangularly adv. [LL triangularis (as TRIANGLE)]