triangular
pronunciation
How to pronounce triangular in British English:
UK [traɪˈæŋgjələ(r)]
How to pronounce triangular in American English:
US [traɪˈæŋɡjəlɚ]
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- Adjective:
- having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle
- involving three parties or elements
- having three sides
Word Origin
- triangular (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Late Latin triangularis "triangular, pertaining to a triangle," from Latin triangulus "with three corners" (the usual adjective in classical Latin), as a noun, "a triangle;" see triangle. Related: Triangularly. In the huts of witches all the instruments and implements are triangular. ["Handwörterbuch des deutschen Aberglaubens"]
Example
- 1. Image of triangular dna origami adhering to a template ibm
- 2. The count 's second innovation was to introduce an ergonomic triangular shape that is popular with children .
- 3. The egyptian pyramids are massive monuments with a square base and four triangular sides rising up to a point .
- 4. The only indications of those former villages today are grassy barrows topped with yellow , triangular radiation-hazard signs .
- 5. Why does a hive not have triangular or square cells instead ?