triangle

Summary

triangle is a geometric shape^[1]. triangle ranks in the top 10% of geometric_shape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,574 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• triangle's instance of is recorded as geometric shape^[3].
• triangle followed digon^[4].
• triangle followed line segment^[5].
• triangle was followed by quadrilateral^[6].
• triangle was followed by tetrahedron^[7].
• triangle is a type of bicentric polygon^[8].
• triangle is a type of simplex^[9].
• triangle is a type of tritope^[10].
• triangle is a type of polygon^[11].
• triangle is a type of planar generalized triangle^[12].
• triangle's Commons category is recorded as Triangles^[13].
• triangle's Unicode character is recorded as 🔺^[14].
• triangle's Unicode character is recorded as 🔻^[15].
• triangle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Triangles^[16].
• triangle's has facet polytope is recorded as edge^[17].
• triangle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• triangle's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• triangle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[20].
• triangle's topic has template is recorded as Q25744722^[21].
• triangle's has characteristic is recorded as plane area^[22].
• triangle's has characteristic is recorded as perimeter^[23].
• triangle's has characteristic is recorded as triangle inequality theorem^[24].
• triangle's has characteristic is recorded as area of a triangle^[25].
• triangle's has vertex figure is recorded as line segment^[26].
• triangle's different from is recorded as equilateral triangle^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

triangle's instance of is recorded as geometric shape^[3]. Recorded subclass of include bicentric polygon^[8], simplex^[9], tritope^[10], polygon^[11], and planar generalized triangle^[12].

Influence

Things named for triangle include triangular theory of love^[28], a psychological theory^[29]; Triangulum^[30], a constellation^[31]; Triangulum Australe^[32], a constellation^[33]; triangle-free graph^[34], a class of the graphs without certain subgraphs^[35]; Triangle^[36], a film^[37], directed by Henrik Malyan^[38]; and triangle button^[39], a PlayStation game controller button^[40].

Why It Matters

triangle ranks in the top 10% of geometric_shape entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,574 views/month).^[2] triangle has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] triangle is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for triangle include triangular theory of love^[28], a psychological theory^[29]; Triangulum^[30], a constellation^[31]; Triangulum Australe^[32], a constellation^[33]; triangle-free graph^[34], a class of the graphs without certain subgraphs^[35]; Triangle^[36], a film^[37], directed by Henrik Malyan^[38]; and triangle button^[39], a PlayStation game controller button^[40].