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triangle

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Noun

  1. A polygon with three sides and three angles.
  2. 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.
  4. A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
  5. A love 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. 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.

Proper noun

  1. A place in the United States: The area comprising the cities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in North Carolina. Used with "the" except when attributive.
  2. A place in the United States: A town in Broome County, New York.
  3. A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Prince William County, Virginia.
  4. A community in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, seemingly in Labrador.
  5. A place in England: A hamlet in Hewelsfield and Brockweir parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO5401).
  6. A place in England: A suburb of Burntwood in Hammerwich parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0507).
  7. A place in England: A small village south-west of Sowerby Bridge, Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0422).
  8. A small town in Masvingo province, Zimbabwe.
  9. Ellipsis of Bermuda Triangle.

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