Толковый словарь английского языка - triangle
Triangle
triangle
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin triangulum, from neuter of triangulus triangular, from tri+ angulus angle Date: 14th century a polygon having three sides, 2. a percussion instrument consisting of a rod of steel bent into the form of a ~ open at one angle and sounded by striking with a small metal rod, a drafting instrument consisting of a thin flat right-angled ~ of wood or plastic with acute angles of 45 degrees or of 30 degrees and 60 degrees, a situation in which one member of a couple is involved in a love affair with a third person
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n. 1 a plane figure with three sides and angles. 2 any three things not in a straight line, with imaginary lines joining them. 3 an implement of this shape. 4 a musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by striking it with a small steel rod. 5 a situation, esp. an emotional relationship, involving three people. 6 a right-angled triangle of wood etc. as a drawing-implement. 7 Naut. a device of three spars for raising weights. 8 hist. a frame of three halberds joined at the top to which a soldier was bound for flogging. Phrases and idioms triangle of forces a triangle whose sides represent in magnitude and direction three forces in equilibrium. Etymology: ME f. OF triangle or L triangulum neut. of triangulus three-cornered (as TRI-, ANGLE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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