triangle vs trine

triangle

noun
  • The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects. 

  • A set square. 

  • A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played. 

  • A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle. 

  • A polygon with three sides and three angles. 

  • A love triangle. 

  • A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side. 

  • A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound when undergoing corporal punishment. 

  • Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium. 

  • A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound. 

trine

noun
  • A group of three things. 

  • An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart. 

adj
  • Triple; threefold. 

  • Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart. 

verb
  • To put in the aspect of a trine. 

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