英和和英

語源

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.

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名詞

triforce (plural triforces)

1. 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.

動詞

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

1. (Internet slang, historical) To post three Unicode triangles (▲) arranged in this configuration, especially on 4chan, where a simple copy-and-paste would display incorrectly and expose newbies.

引用

For quotations using this term, see Citations:triforce.

参考

• Sierpinski triangle