triangular

[US]/traɪ'æŋgjʊlə/
[UK]/traɪ'æŋgjəlɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having the shape of a triangle; having three sides or angles.

Phrases & Collocations

triangular shape

triangular pyramid

triangular wave

triangular prism

triangular matrix

triangular form

triangular element

Example Sentences

a triangular cricket competition.

It’s more or less triangular plot of land.

a triangular relationship between Mary and the two men

Simply put, a delta-wing is a triangular wing planform.

And the cost of computing is much less than senary triangular B-B patches.

these moulds have spherical bodies composed of imbricated triangular plates.

A triangular sail stretching from the foretopmast head to the jib boom and in small craft to the bowsprit or the bow.

Caudex branched, erect, to 2 cm in diam.Caudex leaves scalelike, triangular to subtriangular.

Objective:To investigate the morphological feature of the triangular fibrocrtilage(TFC) of the wrist and its syntopy.

Based on the higher-order theory, a three-noded triangular element is presented.This element satisfies the interelement C1 continuity conditions.

Now triangular blades farther back, like secateurs, help the stoat to cut meat away from bone.

Calyx actinomorphic, lobes triangular, apically acute; styles slender; stigmas not radiating downward; leaves paired on flowering shoots, solitary on nonflowering shoots.

Real-world Examples

Its triangular grip section helps you hold the pen properly.

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And at your feet is a swath of ants bearing triangular bits of green leaf.

Source: New Version of University English Comprehensive Course 4

Last summer the first eight triangular oak trusses, crafted for the new transept roof, arrived by river.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The small, triangular trees can reach heights up to nearly eight meters.

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Jutting out of the sides of it were large triangular shaped razors.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Over time, the cusps were pushed out of line to make triangular crowns.

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It was a little triangular patch of ground under an ivy-covered limestone hill.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

The " space zongzi" is flat rather than triangular, in order to ease storage and heating.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

It comes in a hot triangular shape to be able to apply to the contours of the face.

Source: The power of makeup

And he made a series of paintings of triangular hooded figures that recall the Ku Klux Klan.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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