"△" meaning in All languages combined

See △ on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (さんかく)), sankaku [romanization]
Etymology: Literally 三角(さんかく) (sankaku, literally “three angles”), referring to the shape of a triangle. Most likely coined by analogy with ○. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|三角|さんかく|lit=three angles}} 三角(さんかく) (sankaku, literally “three angles”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|symbol|さんかく}} △(さんかく) • (sankaku)
  1. not so good
    Sense id: en-△-ja-noun-b0uqLRuU
  2. (accounting) minus, equivalent of parentheses in English
    Sense id: en-△-ja-noun-1BBiOSEX Categories (other): Accounting, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese symbols, Japanese terms in nonstandard scripts, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 24 76 Disambiguation of Japanese symbols: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese terms in nonstandard scripts: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 60 Topics: accounting, business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: , , ×

Symbol [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|symbol}} △
  1. (geometry) A triangle.
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-30NL0MPv Categories (other): Geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (astrology) The symbol for trine.
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-QAHI-RhR Categories (other): Astrology Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  3. (entomology) A symbol to indicate that an illustration represent the underside of a specimen.
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-IKqnmNcb Categories (other): Entomology Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  4. (shogi) a move by the 'white' shogi player Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-Czp~MO-7 Categories (other): Shogi Topics: board-games, games, shogi
  5. See Δ for the Greek capital letter delta.
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol--ZHjq5d9
  6. See ∆ for the increment symbol.
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-hJ8Lh1bl
  7. (computing, dated) ISO 2047 symbol for Space Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-△-mul-symbol-S~vpkRqS Categories (other): Computing, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 9 18 3 4 9 7 9 7 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 18 2 3 11 8 5 4 34 Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 5 7 12 6 9 3 58 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Download raw JSONL data for △ meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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