triangular
Like yield signs
Triangular describes something with three sides and three angles—the shape of a triangle.
A triangular plot of land has three boundaries meeting at three corners.
The word extends to arrangements involving three parties or elements: a triangular relationship, a triangular trade route.
The sails were triangular rather than square.
Multisided plane figure
- verticesCorner points of shapes
- anglesRotation between intersecting lines
- isoscelesTwo sides match
- scaleneAll sides unequal
equilateral · sides · perimeter · area · congruence · Euclidean · Pythagorean · bisect
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- romanceLove and its excitement
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
betrayal · adultery · polyamory · tension · rivalry · heartbreak · scandal · intrigue
Source of potential harm
- cautionCareful attention to risk
- dangerExposure to harm
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- yieldProduce or relinquish
construction · beware · precaution · safety · emergency · risk · signal · attention
Gapless plane coverage
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- kaleidoscopeTube with rotating color symmetry
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
- fractalShape repeating at every scale
mandala · chevron · pennant · bunting · flag · motif · tiling · geometric
Water-deposited loose sediment
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- riverineOf or by streams
landform · floodplain · distributary · deltaic · siltation · accretion · mouth · tidal
Stabilizing support structure
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- equilibriumState of balance
balance · steadiness · sturdy · load-bearing · truss · framework · structural · bracing
polygon
Multisided plane figure
scalene · equilateral · sides · perimeter · area · congruence · Euclidean · Pythagorean · bisect · altitude
affair
Romantic entanglement outside commitment
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- romanceLove and its excitement
drama · betrayal · adultery · polyamory · tension · rivalry · heartbreak · scandal · intrigue · passion
hazard
Source of potential harm
yield · construction · beware · precaution · safety · emergency · risk · signal · attention · advisory
tessellation
Gapless plane coverage
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- kaleidoscopeTube with rotating color symmetry
- origamiSculptural paper-creasing art
fractal · mandala · chevron · pennant · bunting · flag · motif · tiling · geometric · lattice
alluvium
Water-deposited loose sediment
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
riverine · landform · floodplain · distributary · deltaic · siltation · accretion · mouth · tidal · wetlands
tripod
Stabilizing support structure
- baseSupporting bottom structure
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- foundationUnderlying support structure
equilibrium · balance · steadiness · sturdy · load-bearing · truss · framework · structural · bracing · rigid
balalaika
Russian triangular stringed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- harpPlucked orchestral strings
- kotoJapanese plucked string instrument
psaltery · autoharp · zither · dulcimer · mandolin · sitar · oud · veena · sarod · tambura
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- shape wordsround, circular, oval, angular, curved
- teethteeth, incisors, incisor, canine, canines
- shape propertiesconvex, concave, symmetric, regular, irregular
- tilingherringbone, chevron, basketweave, subway, hexagon
- distributionsnormal, uniform, binomial, exponential, bell curve
triangularcircular
Forming a closed curve
square · round · rectangular · oval · spherical
- triangular pyramidFour-faced polyhedron, all triangles
- triangular numberInteger summing consecutive naturals
- triangular tradeThree-legged Atlantic exchange system
- triangular prismThree-sided extruded shape
- triangular bandageThree-cornered medical wrap
triangular number, triangulation, triangulate, triangularly, triangularity, triangulator, triangular prism