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Isosceles :: Isosceles (a.) Having two legs or sides that are equal; -- said of a triangle.

Subcontrary :: Subcontrary (a.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle; applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel..

Acute-angled :: Acute-angled (a.) Having acute angles; as, an acute-angled triangle, a triangle with every one of its angles less than a right angle..

Subtense :: Subtend (v. t.) To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc..

Cathetus :: Cathetus (n.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle..

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

Escribed :: Escribed (a.) Drawn outside of; -- used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced..

Chorograph :: Chorograph (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc..

Tetrahedron :: Tetrahedron (n.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles.

Equivalent :: Equivalent (a.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle..

Trilateral :: Trilateral (a.) Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle..

Orthocenter :: Orthocenter (n.) That point in which the three perpendiculars let fall from the angles of a triangle upon the opposite sides, or the sides produced, mutually intersect..

Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

Hypothenuse :: Hypothenuse (n.) The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle.

Scalenohedron :: Scalenohedron (n.) A pyramidal form under the rhombohedral system, inclosed by twelve faces, each a scalene triangle..

Trigon :: Trigon (n.) A kind of game at ball played by three persons standing at the angular points of a triangle.

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the sides and angles unequal; -- said of a triangle.

Area :: Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle..

Coincide :: Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other..

Wing :: Wing (n.) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the extremities when the ships are drawn up in line, or when forming the two sides of a triangle..

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