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Definition of triangular adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

triangular

adjective
 
/traɪˈæŋɡjələ(r)/
 
/traɪˈæŋɡjələr/
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  1. like a triangle in shapeTopics Colours and Shapesc1
  2. involving three people or groups
    • a triangular contest in an election
  3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from late Latin triangularis, from Latin triangulum, neuter of triangulus ‘three-cornered’ (see tri- and the noun angle).
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