What is "triangular" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does triangular mean in English? Meaning of triangular definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "triangular" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "triangular": having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle

Adjective

  • Meaning: having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle
  • Example: a triangular figure a triangular pyrimid has a triangle for a base
  • Synonyms: triangular
  • Similar: angular angulate
  • Pronunciation in US: /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /traɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/

    Pronunciation in UK: /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/, /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/

    Meaning of "triangular": having three sides

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having three sides
  • Example: a trilateral figure
  • Synonyms: three-sided triangular trilateral
  • Similar: many-sided multilateral
  • Pronunciation in US: /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /traɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/

    Pronunciation in UK: /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/, /traɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/

  • Adjective: Shaped like a triangle. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess[1]: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].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.
  • Synonyms:

    trilateral, cuneate, three-sided, triagonal, trilateral, cuneate, deltoid, deltoidal, hastate, pyramidal, pyriform, trigonal,

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    triangular in English: triangular
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