triangular
adjective/traɪˈæŋɡjələ(r)/
/traɪˈæŋɡjələr/
- like a triangle in shapeTopics Colours and Shapesc1
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- involving three people or groups
- a triangular contest in an election
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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