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# triangular

adjective (triangular)

«triangular» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Triangular means shaped like a triangle, with three sides and three corners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#m1)
2. A triangular number is a number of dots that can make a triangle: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 … [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#m2)

### In the lessons

a shape with 3 sides: perimeter is the sum of the 3 sides; in maths: triangular prisms and pyramids, triangular numbers; in everyday life: triangular road signs (warnings), sandwiches cut into triangles, a triangular flag

### Examples

- A triangular garden has sides 5, 6 and 7 m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x1)
- Find the perimeter of the triangular field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x2)
- A triangular flag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x3)
- How many corners has a triangular piece? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x4)
- Warning road signs are triangular. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x5)
- She cut the sandwiches into triangular halves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x6)
- A triangular prism has 2 triangular faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x7)
- 1, 3, 6 and 10 are triangular numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x8)
- He had two triangular pieces of tile in his head, instead of eyes; his mouth was made of an old broken rake, and was, of course, furnished with teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/#x9)

### Note

Hidden fact: a triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners. Perimeter = sum of the three sides. Triangular numbers grow by 2, 3, 4 … each time. A triangular prism has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices.

## In Jewish tradition

a shape with 3 sides: perimeter is the sum of the 3 sides; in maths: triangular prisms and pyramids, triangular numbers; in everyday life: triangular road signs (warnings), sandwiches cut into triangles, a triangular flag

### Examples

- arranged in a triangular form and the sphere of void encompassing them was symbolized by a circle. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triangular/#x1)

### Note

Hidden fact: a triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners. Perimeter = sum of the three sides. Triangular numbers grow by 2, 3, 4 … each time. A triangular prism has 5 faces, 9 edges and 6 vertices.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «triangular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/triangular/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«triangular» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/triangular.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «triangular» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/triangular/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«triangular» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/triangular.html) on Mova free.