RIGHT TRIANGLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right triangle mean? 

• RIGHT TRIANGLE (noun)
  The noun RIGHT TRIANGLE has 1 sense:

1. a triangle with one right angle

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT 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 triangle" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "right triangle"):

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

Antonym:

oblique triangle (a triangle that contains no right angle)