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   triangle

   /ˈtrʌɪaŋɡl/

   noun

   • 1. a plane figure with three straight sides and three angles: "an equilateral triangle"
   • ▪ a thing shaped like a triangle: "a small triangle of grass"
   • ▪ a musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by being struck with a small steel rod.
   • ▪ a frame used to position the pool balls in snooker and pool.
   • ▪ a drawing instrument in the form of a right-angled triangle. North American
   • ▪ a frame of three halberds joined at the top to which a soldier was bound for flogging. historical
   • 2. an emotional relationship involving a couple and a third person with whom one of them is also involved.
   • 3. a small brownish Eurasian moth of oak and beech woods.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French triangle or Latin triangulum, neuter of triangulus ‘three-cornered’ (see tri-, angle1).

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