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RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right-angled triangle mean? 

RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE (noun)
  The noun RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE has 1 sense:

1. a triangle with one right angleplay

  Familiarity information: RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A triangle with one right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

right-angled triangle; right triangle

Hypernyms ("right-angled triangle" is a kind of...):

triangle; trigon; trilateral (a three-sided polygon)

Meronyms (parts of "right-angled triangle"):

hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)


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