triangular
Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/
The English word “triangular” has 4 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Shaped like a triangle.
- Of, or pertaining to, triangles.
- Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.
- Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.
Etymology
From Middle English triangulare, trianguler, triangulere, from Old French triangulaire, triangulier and Latin triangulāris. By surface analysis, tri- + -angular.
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