Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the northern sky near Aries and Andromeda.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient northern constellation in the form of the letter delta (δ). It has one star of the third magnitude.
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- proper noun astronomy An
autumn constellation of thenorthern sky whose brightest threestars form a smalltriangle . The constellation lies nearPerseus , betweenAries andAndromeda . - proper noun astronomy The
Triangulum Galaxy , a relatively nearbyspiral galaxy to theMilky Way ;M33 .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The above photograph was taken over Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and captured the central band of our Milky Way galaxy, the Andromeda galaxy (M31), and the Triangulum galaxy (M33).
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This circle represents the Milky Way, this one Andromeda, and Triangulum, both Magellanic Clouds, and so on†¦ OK, that should be enough.
365 tomorrows » featured writer : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009
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Triangulum was made in a 2 week seminar at the Utrecht School of the Arts.
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Pécs, Hungary: 1995; Triangulum: three plays of puppetry.
Zs��fia Balla. 2009
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In the Local Group, as elsewhere in the Universe, however, dwarf galaxies outnumber their larger, shapelier cousins, such as the Milky Way, the Andromeda and the Triangulum galaxies.
Straight From the Island of Misfit Galaxies: Barnard | Universe Today 2009
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This circle represents the Milky Way, this one Andromeda, and Triangulum, both Magellanic Clouds, and so on†¦ OK, that should be enough.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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The first test images produced by the array are radio maps of the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy.
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An Ohio State University astronomer and his colleagues have determined that the Triangulum Galaxy, otherwise known as M33, is actually about 15 percent farther away from our galaxy than previously measured.
Jacobean embroidery 2006
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In the autumn constellation Triangulum the Triangle, a spiral galaxy known as the Pinwheel (M33) harbors an enormous region of star formation within one of its arms.
11.03 M-mv 2003
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In the autumn constellation Triangulum the Triangle, a spiral galaxy known as the Pinwheel (M33) harbors an enormous region of star formation within one of its arms.
11.03 M-mv 2003
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