triforce

English

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Etymology

tri- +‎ force. First used in the Legend of Zelda franchise for a magical entity in that fictional universe.

Noun

triforce (countable and uncountable; plural triforces)

1. A shape composed of three equilateral triangles arranged in such a manner that a fourth triangle of equal shape could be fit in between them.

Translations

Shape composed of three triangles in a specific alignment

• French: triforce (fr) f

• Japanese: トライフォース (ja) (toraifōsu)

Verb

triforce (third-person singular simple present triforces, present participle triforcing, simple past and past participle triforced)

1. (Internet, slang) To successfully post three Unicode triangles (▲) arranged in this configuration, especially at 4chan.

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