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noun
- something approximating the shape of a triangle
- any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
- a three-sided polygon
- a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
- (historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A love triangle.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- (rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- (US, Canada) A set square.
- (billiards) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
noun
- ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
- (informal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.
- Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
- (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
- plural of co
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adj
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- correct in opinion or judgment
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- socially right or correct
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- precisely accurate
- intended for the right hand
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Of or relating to the right whale.
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
noun
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The right hand or fist.
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The right side or direction.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
adv
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- precisely, exactly
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- immediately
- in an accurate manner
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- in a face down manner
- Immediately, directly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- In a correct manner.
- On the right side.
- (British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- Towards the right side.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
verb
- make right or correct
- make reparations or amends for
- put in or restore to an upright position
- regain an upright or proper position
- (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- (transitive) To correct.
- (transitive) To set upright.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
intj
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
adj
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point
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noun
- (geometry) The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.
- Highest point or degree.
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- (geometry) The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- A vertical distance.
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
noun
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
verb
noun
- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- (colloquial, especially politics) Clipping of secretary.
- (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
- (informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
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adj
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- A vertex or zenith.
- A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
- (marketing) A vertical market.
- An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
- A vertical component of a structure.
- (politics) A command structure for exertion of political power.
- something that is oriented vertically
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
adj
- In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
- Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
- (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
- (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
- (music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
- In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
- at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
- of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
- upright in position or posture
- relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
noun
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
- A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
- a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
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noun
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a light brown the color of topaz
- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
- An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
- (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
- A light, brown-like colour.
- Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
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- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.
- (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
- (transitive, stative) To work as a tanner.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
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noun
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
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noun
- an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
- An oriental rug having a pattern of arches; the design in the corners of such a rug, especially in a prayer rug.
- (architecture) Horizontal member between the windows of successive storeys of a tall building.
- (evolutionary theory) A phenotypic characteristic that evolved as a side effect of an adaptation in response to evolutionary pressure.
- (architecture) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.
- (architecture) The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space.
- (Philippines, construction, architecture) soffit (usually used to describe metal or corrugated plastic types of roof soffit)
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noun
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- an associate degree in applied science
name
- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
noun
- (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
- (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
adj
- (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
- (statistics) Having the median as its value.
- (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
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noun
- function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
- (trigonometry) Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed sine).
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verb
noun
- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
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noun
- (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- (geometry) One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
- (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- (electricity) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).
- (cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (usually in the plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- (anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- Alternative spelling of leg..
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- (gambling) An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).
- (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- (figurative) Something that supports.
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- (journalism) A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- the limb of an animal used for food
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
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- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
adj
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
verb
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
noun
- something approximating the shape of a triangle
- any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles
- a three-sided polygon
- a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
- (historical, usually in the plural) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which people were bound for corporal punishment.
- (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.
- Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
- (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
- A love triangle.
- A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
- (rail transport) A triangular formation of railway tracks, with a curve on at least one side.
- (US, Canada) A set square.
- (billiards) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required by the game being played.
- (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
noun
- ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
- (informal, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of coz, cousin.
- Alternative form of coss, a traditional Nepali unit of distance.
- (chiefly UK) Synonym of romaine lettuce, a long-leaved variety of lettuce.
- plural of co
conj
det
noun
- (geometry) The line perpendicularly connecting a figure’s vertex, especially a triangle’s apex, to the side opposite to the vertex.
- (astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
- (commutative algebra, of an ideal) Height.
- Highest point or degree.
- The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
- (geometry) The length of such a line; the distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the side opposite to the vertex.
- Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
- A vertical distance.
- elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface
- angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
- the perpendicular distance from the base of a geometric figure to the opposite vertex (or side if parallel)
noun
- ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- estrangement from god
- an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will
- the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
- (sports) sin bin
- A flaw or mistake.
- A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
- An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.
- A misdeed or wrong.
- Sinfulness, depravity, iniquity.
- Alternative form of sinh (“tube skirt”).
- A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س
- (theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
- A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ
verb
noun
- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- (colloquial, especially politics) Clipping of secretary.
- (colloquial) Clipping of second (“short indeterminate period of time”).
- (informal) Second, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (neuroanatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
- (entomology) A wedge-shaped section of the forewing of certain heteropteran bugs.
- (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman theatre and in mediaeval architecture.
noun
- any shape that is triangular in cross section
- (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
- something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
- (meteorology) A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
- (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- (music) A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
- (US, regional, especially Westchester, New York) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
- (colloquial, British, countable, uncountable, by extension) A quantity of money.
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
- (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- (typography, US) A háček.
- (finance) A market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
- (UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
- (zoology, collective) A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
- (meteorology) A wedge tornado.
- (architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
- (phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
- (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
- One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
- (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
verb
- squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
- put, fix, force, or implant
- (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
- (transitive) To shape into a wedge.
- (ambitransitive) To force into a narrow gap.
- (transitive) To support or secure using a wedge.
- (transitive) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
- (transitive) To force or drive with a wedge.
- (transitive) To cleave with a wedge.
noun
- A vertex or zenith.
- A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.
- (marketing) A vertical market.
- An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.
- A vertical component of a structure.
- (politics) A command structure for exertion of political power.
- something that is oriented vertically
- a vertical structural member as a post or stake
adj
- In a two-dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis y oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis x.
- Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; parallel to the local direction of gravity; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.
- (wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.
- (marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.
- (music) Of an interval: having the two notes sound simultaneously.
- In a three-dimensional co-ordinate system, describing the axis z oriented normal (perpendicular, orthogonal) to the basic plane xy.
- at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line
- of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)
- upright in position or posture
- relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution
noun
- An edge with ornamental triangular points.
- A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.
- A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
- a short pointed beard (named after the artist Anthony Vandyke)
verb
noun
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
- a light brown the color of topaz
- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
- An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
- (dialectal) A twig or small switch.
- A light, brown-like colour.
- Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
adj
verb
- treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
- get a tan, from wind or sun
- (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid.
- (transitive, intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
- (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
- (transitive, stative) To work as a tanner.
- (transitive, MLE, slang) To kill by gun, to shoot.
num
noun
- ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
- a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point
- (mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
- A topic nearly unrelated to the main topic, but having a point in common with it.
- (art) A visual interaction between two or more lines or edges that creates a perceived relationship between them, often in a way that the artist did not intend.
- (music) A small metal blade in a clavichord that strikes the strings to produce sound.
- (differential geometry) A straight line touching a curve at a single point without crossing it there.
adj
noun
- an approximately triangular surface area between two adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them
- An oriental rug having a pattern of arches; the design in the corners of such a rug, especially in a prayer rug.
- (architecture) Horizontal member between the windows of successive storeys of a tall building.
- (evolutionary theory) A phenotypic characteristic that evolved as a side effect of an adaptation in response to evolutionary pressure.
- (architecture) The space (often more or less triangular) between the outer curve of an arch (the extrados) and a straight-sided figure that bounds it; the space between two contiguous arches and a straight feature above them.
- (architecture) The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space.
- (Philippines, construction, architecture) soffit (usually used to describe metal or corrugated plastic types of roof soffit)
noun
- (geometry) Initialism of angle-angle-side triangular congruency.
- Initialism of acute aortic syndrome.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of anabolic–androgenic steroid.
- (aviation) Initialism of Advanced Automation System, a system for radar control of transoceanic air corridors.
- an associate degree in applied science
name
- (help) Initialism of Assyrian Aid Society.
- (medicine) Initialism of Association for Academic Surgery.
- (biotechnology) Initialism of All-America Selections, an organization that promotes development of new garden seed varieties.
- (astronautics) Initialism of American Astronautical Society, an independent scientific and technical group in the United States.
- (sciences) Initialism of African Academy of Sciences, an Africa-wide scientific organization.
- (research) Initialism of American Antiquarian Society, an American society and national research library.
- (health) Initialism of Air Ambulance Service, a UK charity.
- (military) Initialism of Arnold Air Society, a professional honorary service organization for Air Force officer candidates.
- (astronomy) Initialism of American Astronomical Society, a United States society of professional astronomers.
- (politics) Initialism of Ansar al-Sunna, or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna, a militant group operating in Iraq.
- (anthropology) Initialism of Australian Anthropological Society.
- (human rights) Initialism of American Anti-Slavery Society.
- (medicine, psychology) Initialism of American Association of Suicidology, an American nonprofit suicide prevention organization.
- (research) Initialism of Association for Asian Studies.
- (Australia, sciences) Initialism of Australian Academy of Science, an independent, government-endorsed society with the aim of promoting science.
- (arachnology) Initialism of American Arachnological Society, a society of amateur and professional arachnologists.
- (research) Initialism of Assyrian Academic Society.
- (physics) Initialism of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
noun
- (geometry) A line segment joining the vertex of triangle to the midpoint of the opposing side.
- (statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
- (US) The area separating two lanes of opposite-direction traffic.
- the number midway between the two middle numbers in a series containing an even or odd number of items
adj
- (anatomy) Situated in a middle, central, or intermediate part, section, or range of (something).
- (statistics) Having the median as its value.
- (anatomy, botany) In the middle of an organ, structure etc.; towards the median plane of an organ or limb.
- relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
- dividing an animal into right and left halves
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)
noun
- function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
- (trigonometry) Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed sine).
noun
verb
noun
- an object shaped like an equilateral triangle
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
- a low triangular area of alluvial deposits where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- (medicine) Ellipsis of delta variant (variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus).
- (US military, US Space Force) A military unit, nominally headed by a colonel, equivalent to a USAF operations wing, or an army regiment.
- A type of cargo bike that has one wheel in front and two in back.
- (computing, informal) A small but noticeable effect. Compare epsilon.
- (physics) one of four baryons consisting of up and down quarks with a combined spin of 3/2: Δ⁺⁺ (uuu), Δ⁺ (uud), Δ⁰ (udd), or Δ⁻ (ddd)
- (chemistry) A value in delta notation indicating the relative abundances of isotopes.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Delta from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
- (electricity, often attributive) The closed figure produced by connecting three coils or circuits successively, end for end, especially in a three-phase system.
- The fourth letter of the modern Greek alphabet Δ, δ.
- (surveying) The angle subtended at the center of a circular arc.
- (astronomy) a star that is usually the fourth brightest of a constellation.
- (computing) The set of differences between two versions of a file.
- (mathematics, physics, engineering) The symbol Δ; A change in a quantity, likely from "d" for "difference".
- (finance) The rate of change in an option value with respect to the underlying asset's price.
- A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.
verb
noun
- (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.
- (geometry) One of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle.
- (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.
- A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, such as a piece of furniture, supporting it from underneath.
- (electricity) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.
- A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.
- (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.
- Synonym of leg up (“forming a step for a person's feet with one's hands”).
- (cricket, attributive) Denotes the half of the field on the same side as the batsman's legs; the left side for a right-handed batsman.
- (usually in the plural) The ability of something to persist or succeed over a long period of time.
- A stage of a journey, race etc.
- (US, slang, military) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.
- (anatomy) The portion of the lower limb of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.
- (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.
- In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.
- Alternative spelling of leg..
- In humans, the lower limb extending from the groin to the ankle.
- (finance) An underlying instrument of a derivatives strategy.
- (gambling) An individual bet in a parlay (a series of bets where the stake and winnings are cumulatively carried forward).
- (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.
- (figurative) Something that supports.
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
- (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.
- (journalism) A column, as a unit of length of text as laid out.
- An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also water leg.
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
- a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion
- the limb of an animal used for food
- a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg
- (nautical) the distance traveled by a sailing vessel on a single tack
- one of the supports for a piece of furniture
- a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle
- a part of a forked or branching shape
adj
verb
noun
- (geometry) The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
- (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.
- The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.
- (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.
- (group theory) A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element.
- (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.
- (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.)
- The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.
- (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient.
- A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.
- (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts.
- (aviation) Ellipsis of base leg.
- A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel.
- (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.
- (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.
- (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.
- (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.
- (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.
- (historical, sometimes in the plural) A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt.
- A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.
- (slang, uncountable) freebase cocaine
- (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.
- (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.
- (politics) A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office.
- Something from which other things extend; a foundation.
- (baseball) One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play.
- (mathematics) Synonym of radix.
- A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder.
- A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.
- Alternative form of BASE.
- (now chiefly US, historical) The game of prisoners' bars.
- (Marxism) The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life.
- A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.
- lowest support of a structure
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
- the bottom or lowest part
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring
- a support or foundation
- the principal ingredient of a mixture
- any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
- installation from which a military force initiates operations
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a lower limit
- the most important or necessary part of something
- (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
adj
- Not classical or correct.
- Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
- Low in place or position.
- Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
- (law) Relating to feudal land tenure held by a tenant from a lord in exchange for services that are seen as unworthy for noblemen to perform, such as villeinage.
- (of a metal) Not considered precious or noble.
- (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
- of low birth or station (‘base’ is archaic in this sense)
- illegitimate
- serving as or forming a base
- not adhering to ethical or moral principles
- debased; not genuine
- having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
verb
- (transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.
- (slang) To freebase.
- (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.
- (transitive) To be located (at a particular place).
- situate as a center of operations
- use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
- use as a basis for; found on
verb
noun
- Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air.
- (surveying, chiefly US) A small piece of land left unincorporated due to competing surveys or a surveying error.
- A triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric, especially one forming part of a three-dimensional surface such as a sail or a skirt.
- A triangular piece of land where roads meet.
- An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe.
- The curved surface that lies between two close lines of longitude on a globe, or an equivalent section of a spherical or dome-shaped object in general.ᵂᵖ
- (heraldry) A charge, delineated by two inwardly curved lines, starting respectively from the middle base corner and one of the two chief corners and meeting in the fess point.
- (obsolete except in dialects) Dirt, filth, often dung or mud.
- A sign immediately adjacent to an exit from a roadway identifying it as an exit, optionally with the exit's identification number.
- A projecting point.
- Carnage, bloodshed, murder, violence.
- the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- coagulated blood from a wound
verb
- (geometry, computer graphics) To divide into triangles.
- (politics) To pit two others against each other in order to achieve a desired outcome or to gain an advantage; to "play both sides against the middle".
- To locate by means of triangulation.
- survey by triangulation
- measure by using trigonometry
- divide into triangles or give a triangular form to
adj
adv
prep
adj
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- correct in opinion or judgment
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- socially right or correct
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- precisely accurate
- intended for the right hand
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- Real; veritable (used emphatically).
- Of or relating to the right whale.
- Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
- Clockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
- (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
- Healthy, sane, competent.
- (geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.
- Designed to be placed or worn outward.
- Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →
- (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
- (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
- (geometry) Of an angle, measuring 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
noun
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The right hand or fist.
- The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).
- The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
- The right side or direction.
- A legal, just or moral entitlement.
adv
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- precisely, exactly
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- immediately
- in an accurate manner
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- in a face down manner
- Immediately, directly.
- Exactly, precisely.
- In a correct manner.
- On the right side.
- (British, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
- Towards the right side.
- According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
verb
- make right or correct
- make reparations or amends for
- put in or restore to an upright position
- regain an upright or proper position
- (transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
- (transitive) To correct.
- (transitive) To set upright.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
intj
- Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
- Yes, that is correct; I agree.
- I have listened to what you just said and I acknowledge your assertion or opinion, regardless of whether I agree with it (opinion) or can verify it (assertion).
- Used to check listener engagement and (especially) agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.
adj
- (geometry, of a triangle) Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
- Intense; sensitive; sharp.
- (linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
- High or shrill.
- (medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
- (medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
- (orthography, postpositive) Of a letter of the alphabet, having an acute accent.
- (geometry, of an angle) Less than 90 degrees.
- Brief, quick, short.
- (botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Urgent.
- having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
- of critical importance and consequence
- of an angle; less than 90 degrees
- extremely sharp or severe
- having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe course
- ending in a sharp point