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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Triangle \Tri"an'gle\, noun [L. triangulum, fr. triangulus triangular; tri- (see {Tri-}) + angulus angle: cf. F. triangle. See {Angle} a corner.]
1. (Geom.) A figure bounded by three lines, and containing three angles.
Note: A triangle is either plane, spherical, or curvilinear, according as its sides are straight lines, or arcs of great circles of a sphere, or any curved lines whatever. A plane triangle is designated as scalene, isosceles, or equilateral, according as it has no two sides equal, two sides equal, or all sides equal; and also as right-angled, or oblique-angled, according as it has one right angle, or none; and oblique-angled triangle is either acute-angled, or obtuse-angled, according as all the angles are acute, or one of them obtuse. The terms scalene, isosceles, equilateral, right-angled, acute-angled, and obtuse-angled, are applied to spherical triangles in the same sense as to plane triangles.
2. (Mus.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod.
3. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
4. (Mus.) A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.
5. (Astron.) (a) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda. (b) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars.
{Triangle spider} (Zo["o]l.), a small American spider ({Hyptiotes Americanus}) of the family {Ciniflonid[ae]}, living among the dead branches of evergreen trees. It constructs a triangular web, or net, usually composed of four radii crossed by a double elastic fiber. The spider holds the thread at the apex of the web and stretches it tight, but lets go and springs the net when an insect comes in contact with it.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
triangle
noun
1: a three-sided polygon [syn: {trigon}, {trilateral}]
2: something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"
3: any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
4: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "triangle": Platonic body, T square, acute-angled triangle, adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amour, battery, bell, bells, bones, branks, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, church bell, clapper, clappers, clover, cowbell, crank, crash cymbal, cube, cuboid, cucking stool, cuckoldry, cusp, cymbals, decagon, deuce-ace, dinner bell, dinner gong, dodecagon, dodecahedron, doorbell, ducking stool, entanglement, equilateral triangle, eternal triangle, finger cymbals, finger pillory, fire bell, flirtation, forbidden love, foursquare, gamelan, glockenspiel, gnomon, gong, gong bell, hand bell, handbells, hanky-panky, heptagon, hexagon, hexahedron, hypercube, icosahedron, idiophone, illicit love, infidelity, intrigue, isosceles triangle, jingle bell, leash, liaison, love affair, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, oblong, obtuse-angled triangle, octagon, octahedron, orchestral bells, oxygon, parallelepiped, parallelogram, passing bell, pentagon, pentahedron, percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, pillory, polygon, polyhedron, prism, prismoid, pyramid, quadrangle, quadrant, quadrature, quadrilateral, rattle, rattlebones, rectangle, rhombohedron, rhomboid, rhombus, romance, romantic tie, rule, ruler, sacring bell, set of three, shamrock, sheepbell, sizzler, sleigh bell, snappers, square, stocks, straightedge, tam-tam, telephone bell, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, tetragon, tetragram, tetrahedron, three, threesome, tierce, tintinnabula, tintinnabulum, tongue, tonitruone, trapeze, trapezium, trapezoid, treadmill, trebuchet, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangles, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilateral, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triunity, trivet, troika, tubular bells, unfaithfulness, vibes, vibraphone, whipping post, wooden horse, xylophone
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Triangle, VA (CDP, FIPS 79360) Location: 38.54570 N, 77.31463 W Population (1990): 4740 (2195 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 22172
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Triangle, VA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Virginia Population (2000): 5500 Housing Units (2000): 2318 Land area (2000): 2.633489 sq. miles (6.820706 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.633489 sq. miles (6.820706 sq. km) FIPS code: 79360 Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51 Location: 38.551287 N, 77.325900 W ZIP Codes (1990): 22172 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Triangle, VA Triangle
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