obtuse triangle

Has wide corner

An obtuse triangle is a triangle containing one angle greater than 90 degrees.

Since a triangle's angles must sum to 180 degrees, only one angle can be obtuse—the other two must be acute.

The sail formed an obtuse triangle against the sky.

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Polygon with three sub-90° corners

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