triangle

1. A polygon with three sides and three angles.

   Meronyms: angle, side, cathetus, leg, hypotenuse; see also Thesaurus:polygon

   Dreieck

   треуго́льникtreugólʹnik

   трику́тникtrykútnyk

   a three-sided polygon

2. (Canada, US)A set square.

3. A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.

   Triangel

   треуго́льникtreugólʹnik

   a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

4. A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.

5. A love triangle.

   something approximating the shape of a triangle

6. The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.

7. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

8. (historical, usually plural)A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.

9. Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.

10. A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.

1. This is a triangle.

   Це трикутник. — deniko

   ruЭто треугольник. — slavlangs

   deDas ist ein Dreieck. — Adelpa

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2. How many sides does a triangle have?

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3. If a triangle has two right angles, it's a square missing one side.

   deWenn ein Dreieck zwei rechte Winkel hat, ist es ein Quadrat mit einer Seite zu wenig. — MUIRIEL

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4. This is an equilateral triangle.

   ruЭто равносторонний треугольник. — odexed

   deDas ist ein gleichseitiges Dreieck. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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5. Tom is playing the triangle.

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