Trilateral vs. Triangular

Trilateraladjective

Having three sides

Triangularadjective

Shaped like a triangle.

Trilateraladjective

Involving three parties

‘The trilateral peace conference, between the red faction, blue faction and white faction, went nowhere.’;

Triangularadjective

Of, or pertaining to, triangles.

Trilateraladjective

Having three sides; being three-sided; as, a trilateral triangle.

Triangularadjective

Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid.

Trilateralnoun

a three-sided polygon

Triangularadjective

Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.

Trilateraladjective

involving three parties or elements;

‘the triangular mother-father-child relationship’; ‘a trilateral agreement’; ‘a tripartite treaty’; ‘a tripartite division’; ‘a three-way playoff’;

Triangularadjective

Having three angles; having the form of a triangle.

Trilateraladjective

having three sides;

‘a trilateral figure’;

Triangularadjective

Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem.

Triangularadjective

having three angles; forming or shaped like a triangle;

‘a triangular figure’; ‘a triangular pyrimid has a triangle for a base’;

Triangularadjective

involving three parties or elements;

‘the triangular mother-father-child relationship’; ‘a trilateral agreement’; ‘a tripartite treaty’; ‘a tripartite division’; ‘a three-way playoff’;

Triangularadjective

having three sides;

‘a trilateral figure’;