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Definitions for: Triangular
[adj] having three sides; "a trilateral figure"
[adj] involving three parties or elements; "the triangular mother-father-child relationship"; "a trilateral agreement"; "a tripartite treaty"; "a tripartite division"; "a three-way playoff"
[adj] having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle; "a triangular figure"; "a triangular pyrimid has a triangle for a base"
Webster (1913) Definition: Tri*an"gu*lar, a. [L. triangularis: cf. F.
triangulaire.]
1. Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.
2. (Bot.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral
angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.
Triangular compasses, compasses with three legs for taking
off the angular points of a triangle, or any three points
at the same time.
Triangular crab (Zo["o]l.), any maioid crab; -- so called
because the carapace is usually triangular.
Triangular numbers (Math.), the series of numbers formed by
the successive sums of the terms of an arithmetical
progression, of which the first term and the common
difference are 1. See Figurate numbers, under
Figurate.
Synonyms: angular, angulate, many-sided, multilateral, three-party, three-sided, three-way, trilateral, tripartite
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