triangles
Simplest closed polygons
Triangles is the plural of triangle, a three-sided polygon—one of geometry's most fundamental shapes.
The word extends to objects of that form: musical triangles struck with a metal rod, drafting triangles for technical drawing, the triangle of land where two roads meet.
A love triangle involves three people in romantic entanglement.
She played triangles in the orchestra.
Having all sides congruent
- isoscelesTwo sides match
- scaleneAll sides unequal
- rightMorally proper or entitled
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
obtuse · vertices · angles · sides · three-sided · polygon · congruent · similar
Alert about danger
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- hazardSource of potential harm
- trafficMovement along routes
- cautionCareful attention to risk
pyramid · eye · delta · trinity · triad · mystical · sacred · Penrose
Sound through impact
- tinklingLight ringing sound
- metallicResembling ore-based elements
- dingSmall surface imperfection
- chimeMelodic bell sound
orchestra · ensemble · symphony · rhythm · beat · strike · mallet · steel
Stuffed triangular pastry
- tortilla chipsFried cornmeal triangles
- nachosTopped tortilla chips
- pizza sliceTriangular portion of flatbread
- wontonsFilled Chinese pasta parcels
spanakopita · hamantaschen · onigiri · baklava · pita · pastry · phyllo · quesadilla
equilateral
Having all sides congruent
acute · obtuse · vertices · angles · sides · three-sided · polygon · congruent · similar · perimeter
warning
Alert about danger
caution · pyramid · eye · delta · trinity · triad · mystical · sacred · Penrose · impossible
percussion
Sound through impact
chime · orchestra · ensemble · symphony · rhythm · beat · strike · mallet · steel · ringing
samosa
Stuffed triangular pastry
- tortilla chipsFried cornmeal triangles
- nachosTopped tortilla chips
- pizza sliceTriangular portion of flatbread
wontons · spanakopita · hamantaschen · onigiri · baklava · pita · pastry · phyllo · quesadilla · finger food
- geometryangles, circles, angle, shapes, lines
- mathaddition, subtraction, multiplication, division, algebra
- graphicsvector, shapes, 3D graphics, raster, symbols
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- drawing basicspencil sketching, basic shapes, line drawing, shading, shading techniques
- ancient mathalgebra, arithmetic, geometry, fractions, addition
trianglesquadrilaterals
Four-sided plane figures
squares · rectangles · pentagons · hexagons · octagons
- isosceles triangleThree-sided figure, two congruent
- love triangleThree-person romantic entanglement
- right triangleThree-sided, one perpendicular corner
- Bermuda TriangleLegendary Atlantic danger zone
- pink triangleInverted rosy geometric shape
- triangles of lifeDebris-created survival spaces
triangle, triangle inequality, Pascal's triangle, equilateral triangle, isosceles triangle, scalene triangle