triangle (n.)

  1. a three-sided polygon

    [ Syn: trigon , trilateral ]

  2. something approximating the shape of a triangle; the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle'

  3. a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries

    [ Syn: triangulum , triangle ]

  4. any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles

  5. a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

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