triangle

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tri|an|gle /tr'aɪæŋgəl/ (triangles)
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A triangle is an object, arrangement, or flat shape with three straight sides and three angles.
Its outline roughly forms an equilateral triangle.
...triangles of fried bread.
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing, the N
The triangle is a musical instrument that consists of a piece of metal shaped like a triangle. You play it by hitting it with a short metal bar.
3 [N-COUNT] usu sing, with supp
If you describe a group of three people as a triangle, you mean that they are all connected with each other in a particular situation, but often have different interests.
She plays a French woman in a love triangle with Jonathan Pryce and Christopher Walken.
see also eternal triangleeter|nal tri|an|gle (eternal triangles)
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You use the eternal triangle to refer to a relationship involving love and jealousy between two men and a woman or two women and a man.love tri|an|gle (love triangles)
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A love triangle is a relationship in which three people are each in love with at least one other person in the relationship. (JOURNALISM)right tri|an|gle (right triangles)
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A right triangle has one angle that is a right angle. (AM; in BRIT, use right-angled triangle)

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