triangle

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County Administrator Will Johnson suggested they only do what they call the triangle, which excludes a portion of the north part of the county.

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  1. noun The plane figure formed by connecting three points not in a straight line by straight line segments; a three-sided polygon.
  2. noun Something shaped like such a figure: a triangle of land.
  3. noun Any of various flat, three-sided drawing and drafting guides, used especially to draw straight lines at specific angles.
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  • They explained that the triangle is anatomy dependent (I already knew this, but I really appreciate and respect a shop that is extremely thorough with explanations of their procedures, regardless of what the client 'thinks' they know) and that a consult could be done at the time of the piercing appointment.
  • At the intersection of Main and Main Reef roads in Ferrairasdorp, the triangle is the favourite feeding spot of dozens of pigeons, which are fed by the local community. —  Joburg.org.za
  • Thus we have the result we hoped for: The incenter of a triangle is also the Nagel point of its medial triangle. —  Polymathematics
  • Also note that the triangle is a right angled triangle with the right angle located at PQR. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Very amusing, although to be honest the Bermuda triangle was the only one i've heard of. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin triangulum, from neuter of triangulus, three-angled : tri-, tri- + angulus, angle.

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  1. Early modern English also tryangle; from Old French (and F.) triangle =Provencal triangle =Spanish triángulo =Portuguese triangulo =Italian triangolo, three-cornered, as a noun a triangle, from Latin triangulus, three-cornered, having three angles, neuter triangulum, a triangle, from tres (tri-), three, + angulus, angle: see angle.
 

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