triforce
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English
Etymology
From Japanese トライフォース (toraifōsu), from English tri- + force. First used in the Legend of Zelda video game franchise for a magical artefact in that fictional universe.
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
triforce (plural triforces)
- A shape composed of three equilateral triangles arranged in such a manner that a fourth triangle of identical size, but pointing the opposite direction, could fit between them.
Translations
Shape composed of three triangles in a specific alignment
Verb
triforce (third-person singular simple present triforces, present participle triforcing, simple past and past participle triforced)
- (Internet slang) To post three Unicode triangles (▲) arranged in this configuration, especially on 4chan, where doing this correctly was a sign of experience used to weed out newbies.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:triforce.