"right triangle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: right triangles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} right triangle (plural right triangles)
  1. (geometry) A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles. Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms: right-angled triangle (english: see usage note below) Meronyms: cathetus, hypotenuse Translations (a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles): pravoúhlý trojúhelník [masculine] (Czech), rechthoekige driehoek [masculine] (Dutch), suorakulmainen kolmio (Finnish), triangle rectangle [masculine] (French), triángulo rectángulo [masculine] (Galician), rechtwinkliges Dreieck [neuter] (German), ορθογώνιο τρίγωνο (orthogónio trígono) [neuter] (Greek), derékszögű háromszög (Hungarian), triantán dronuilleach [masculine] (Irish), triangolo rettangolo [masculine] (Italian), 直角三角形 (chokkaku sankakukei) (Japanese), ត្រីកោណកែង (trəykaon kaeng) (Khmer), правоа́голен триа́голник (pravoágolen triágolnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), മട്ടത്രികോണം (maṭṭatrikōṇaṁ) (Malayalam), tapatoru hāngai (Maori), yaas-susg kog-tãabga (Moore), nishʼnáajigo heetsʼóóz (Navajo), مثلث قائم الزاویه (Persian), سهگوش راست (se-guš-e râst) (Persian), trójkąt prostokątny [masculine] (Polish), triângulo reto [masculine] (Portuguese), triângulo retângulo [masculine] (Portuguese), triunghi dreptunghic (Romanian), прямоуго́льный треуго́льник (prjamougólʹnyj treugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), правокутни трокут [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pravokutni trokut [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pravouhlý trojuholník (Slovak), triángulo rectángulo [masculine] (Spanish), rät triangel [common-gender] (Swedish), rätvinklig triangel [common-gender] (Swedish), tatsihang tadlong (Tagalog), tadlunging tatsiha (Tagalog), สามเหลี่ยมมุมฉาก (sǎam-lìiam-mum-chàak) (Thai), dik üçgen [common-gender] (Turkish), прямоку́тний трику́тник (prjamokútnyj trykútnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-right_triangle-en-noun-8sS1~7N6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Navajo terms with redundant script codes Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "word": "直角三角形"
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          "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
          "word": "مثلث قائم الزاویه"
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          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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          "roman": "sǎam-lìiam-mum-chàak",
          "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "dik üçgen"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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      "word": "pravoúhlý trojúhelník"
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "suorakulmainen kolmio"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "orthogónio trígono",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ορθογώνιο τρίγωνο"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "derékszögű háromszög"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triantán dronuilleach"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "triangolo rettangolo"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "直角三角形"
    },
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      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "trəykaon kaeng",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "ត្រីកោណកែង"
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "മട്ടത്രികോണം"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "tapatoru hāngai"
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      "code": "mos",
      "lang": "Moore",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "yaas-susg kog-tãabga"
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "word": "مثلث قائم الزاویه"
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      "lang": "Persian",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "triunghi dreptunghic"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamougólʹnyj treugólʹnik",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "прямоуго́льный треуго́льник"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "правокутни трокут"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "pravouhlý trojuholník"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rät triangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "rätvinklig triangel"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "tatsihang tadlong"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "tadlunging tatsiha"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎam-lìiam-mum-chàak",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "word": "สามเหลี่ยมมุมฉาก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dik üçgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prjamokútnyj trykútnyk",
      "sense": "a triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прямоку́тний трику́тник"
    }
  ],
  "word": "right triangle"
}

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