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This large, nearly equilateral triangle is composed of three of the brightest stars in the sky, each belonging to its own constellation.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These three bright stars form an equilateral triangle that's visible throughout the season.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In a nutshell, there’s a perfect equilateral triangle formed by the centers of the time dial, the sub-seconds dial and the big date aperture.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow, and are arranged in an equilateral triangle on the circular wheel.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
First draw an equilateral triangle — what the mathematicians call a seed.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
First, draw an equilateral triangle, then add three circles of equal radius around each corner.
—Max Springer, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
For four years, its array of three satellites will tumble through space in an equilateral triangle some million miles across, bouncing lasers off the golden cubes kept in perfect free fall within each craft to feel for ripples in space-time.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Positioned to form the universe’s strongest shape—an equilateral triangle—the trio of spacecraft will exchange laser beams.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
These three bright stars form an equilateral triangle that's visible throughout the season.
—Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
In a nutshell, there’s a perfect equilateral triangle formed by the centers of the time dial, the sub-seconds dial and the big date aperture.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow, and are arranged in an equilateral triangle on the circular wheel.
—Kate Reggev, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2024
First draw an equilateral triangle — what the mathematicians call a seed.
—Quanta Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
First, draw an equilateral triangle, then add three circles of equal radius around each corner.
—Max Springer, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2024
For four years, its array of three satellites will tumble through space in an equilateral triangle some million miles across, bouncing lasers off the golden cubes kept in perfect free fall within each craft to feel for ripples in space-time.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2024
Positioned to form the universe’s strongest shape—an equilateral triangle—the trio of spacecraft will exchange laser beams.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Equilateral triangle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilateral%20triangle. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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