Triangulum
Americannoun
genitive
Triangulinoun
Etymology
Origin of Triangulum
Borrowed into English from New Latin around 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Only a few spirals—such as the Andromeda and Triangulum Galaxies and M81—all of which are now known to be our close neighbors, turned out to be approaching us.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
Faced with incomprehensible distances, intimidating mathematics and names like Triangulum Australe, the temptation is to do one's stargazing on the Tonight show.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Edwin Hubble of Mount Wilson Observatory for measurement of the distance to two remote spiral nebulae in Andromeda and Triangulum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Triangulum 78 A line drawn from Pegasus to Perseus passes through β in Triangulum.
From A Field Book of the Stars by Olcott, William Tyler
Circinus, the Compass, is a very small constellation lying between Triangulum and Centaurus.
From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard
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