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Synonyms for triangle

something approximating the shape of a triangle

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a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries

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any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles

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

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Nothing occurred till about nine o'clock, when we saw the two Italians leave the ship and pull along their side of the triangle toward the shore.
If our friend comes closer to us we see his line becomes larger; if he leaves us it becomes smaller: but still he looks like a straight line; be he a Triangle, Square, Pentagon, Hexagon, Circle, what you will -- a straight Line he looks and nothing else.
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows -- only hard and with luminous edges -- and you will then have a pretty correct notion of my country and countrymen.
In such a country, you will perceive at once that it is impossible that there should be anything of what you call a "solid" kind; but I dare say you will suppose that we could at least distinguish by sight the Triangles, Squares, and other figures, moving about as I have described them.
(Or, whether a certain area is capable of being inscribed as a triangle in a certain circle.), will reply: 'I cannot tell you as yet; but I will offer a hypothesis which may assist us in forming a conclusion: If the figure be such that when you have produced a given side of it (Or, when you apply it to the given line, i.e.
In pronouncing these words, the Prince, to judge of the effect they produced, surveyed with his eagle eye the three extremities of the triangle.
At the top of the triangle rises the Mosque of Sankore, with its ranges of galleries resting on arcades of sufficiently pure design.
Turn your stripy triangle over and glue the back, covering all but the bottom 2cm.
YOU WILL NEED: Black and yellow paper pencil Scissors Glue stick glue Elastic cord Extra beads for threading optional) METHOD Draw a tall, thin triangle on your black paper.
Raleigh, NC, May 15, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Triangle Real Estate Group, locally owned and specializing in the sales and marketing of residential and commercial properties in the Greater Triangle area, has received the ERA Circle of Success Silver Company Designation for 2018.
1 Begin with a strip cut to the desired height of the triangle, plus 7/8" for seam allowance.
Now you'll make the triangles "stand up" and form a circle by pulling the two ends of the triangle row together.
FILE -- Part of slums in Maspero Triangle, Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be seen in the background CAIRO -- 5 April 2018: The government has been demolishing houses and shops in the Maspero triangle since March in attempts to redevelop and modernize the three streets of the Bulaq Abul Ela district.