TRILATERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trilateral mean? 

• TRILATERAL (noun)
  The noun TRILATERAL has 1 sense:

1. a three-sided polygon

  Familiarity information: TRILATERAL used as a noun is very rare.

• TRILATERAL (adjective)
  The adjective TRILATERAL has 2 senses:

1. involving three parties

2. having three sides

  Familiarity information: TRILATERAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRILATERAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A three-sided polygon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Synonyms:

triangle; trigon; trilateral

Hypernyms ("trilateral" is a kind of...):

polygon; polygonal shape (a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trilateral"):

acute-angled triangle; acute triangle (a triangle whose interior angles are all acute)

equiangular triangle; equilateral triangle (a three-sided regular polygon)

isosceles triangle (a triangle with two equal sides)

oblique triangle (a triangle that contains no right angle)

obtuse-angled triangle; obtuse triangle (a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle)

right-angled triangle; right triangle (a triangle with one right angle)

scalene triangle (a triangle with no two sides of equal length)

cuneus; wedge; wedge shape (any shape that is triangular in cross section)

• TRILATERAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving three parties

Context example:

trilateral talks

Similar:

mutual; reciprocal (concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having three sides

Synonyms:

three-sided; triangular; trilateral

Context example:

a trilateral figure

Similar:

many-sided; multilateral (having many parts or sides)