The Triangle

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The Triangle

Definition: The Triangle

The Triangle

Noun

1. A small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Synonym: The Triangle

Synonym: Triangulum (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: The Triangle

English words defined with "the Triangle": Asses' Bridge ♦ babushka ♦ Cathetus, circular function, Circumcenter ♦ Deltoid leaf ♦ Escribed, Exterior angle ♦ hero, Hero of Alexandria, Heron, hypotenuse, Hypothenuse ♦ Incenter ♦ kerchief ♦ lateen sail, Legs of a triangle ♦ Mass center, Median line, Median point, metric space ♦ Nine points circle ♦ Orthocenter ♦ Pitch of a roof, Polar spherical triangle, Pythagorean proposition ♦ Scalenohedron, Self-conjugate triangle, side, Sine of an angle, Spherograph ♦ Three-square, Traverse table, triangle, Triangular compasses, triangularity, Triangularly, trigonometric function. (references)

Specialty definitions using "the Triangle": Accessory Nerve Diseases, American National thread, astronomical triangle ♦ bomb sighting systems ♦ celestial triangle, cutting theorem ♦ Delaunay triangulation, disphenoid, dovetail way, dovetailed way ♦ fire triangle ♦ inverted Vee slideway, inverted Vee way ♦ law of cosines, law of sines ♦ Macintrash ♦ navigational triangle ♦ prismatic guide, prismatic guide way, prismatic way, pull-down menu, Pythagoras, theorem of ♦ raised V ♦ Sierpinski triangle, spherical excess, spheroidal excess, Steiner ratio ♦ triangle cut, triangle shooting, triangular code, trigonal coordination, Trigonometric functions ♦ unified screw thread ♦ V way, V-bob, Vee, vee way, V-thread ♦ Weisbach triangle, well-conditioned triangle. (references)

Etymologies containing "the Triangle": lateen ♦ triangle. (references)

Modern Usage: The Triangle

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979)

Lure of the Triangle (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: The Triangle

Domain	Title
Books	The Triangle Fire (reference) The insiders' guide to the Triangle : Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro (reference) The New Central Asia: In Search of Stability: A Report to the Trilateral Commission: The Triangle Papers: 54 (Triangle Papers, 54) (reference) Fragments from the Fire: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of March 25, 1911 (reference) Steam Dummy & Fragments from the Fire: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire of March 25, 1911: Poems (Midwest Writers) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Triangle (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Photo Album: The Triangle

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Triangle, University of Pennsylvania.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Use in Literature: The Triangle

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The triangle contained at the top of the A, between the two strokes and the cross, is the plateau of Mont Saint Jean.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: The Triangle

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	South Africa	The triangle of Durban-Pietermaritzburg-Pinetown is the manufacturing core of Natal, and the region contributes approximately 20 percent to national manufacturing statistics. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: The Triangle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
the triangle	680
the triangle shirtwaist fire	20
the triangle factory fire	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translations: The Triangle

Language		Translations for "the Triangle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		三�'座 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さ�"かくざ. (various references)

Pig Latin		ethay iangletray
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: The Triangle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-h-i-l-n-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: leathering.
	-2 letters: argentite, earthling, haltering, integrate, lathering, lengthier, lettering, lightener, reheating, reletting, retighten, tethering, threating, tightener.
	-3 letters: aglitter, aigrette, alerting, algerine, altering, atheling, earthing, elaterin, entailer, galenite, gelatine, gnathite, gnattier, gratinee, hearting, heritage, herniate, ingather, integral, interage, laterite, leathern, legatine, literate, litharge, narghile, nargileh, nettlier, rattling, regental, relating, tanglier, teething, thirlage, thirteen, threaten.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-h-i-l-n-r-t-t"
	+2 letters: threateningly.
	+5 letters: hyperventilating, lightheartedness, orthogenetically, thermoregulating, thermoregulation.
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Alternative Orthography: The Triangle

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 68 65 54 72 69 61 6E 67 6C 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010100 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101110 01100111 01101100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#84 &#114 &#105 &#97 &#110 &#103 &#108 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0068 0065 0054 0072 0069 0061 006E 0067 006C 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54747125484756780737871

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern

5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction

9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography

13. Bibliography

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