tadlong

Tagalog

Etymology

    Compare Cebuano tadlong (“go straight”).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tadˈloŋ/ [t̪ɐd̪ˈl̪oŋ]
    • Rhymes: -oŋ
    • Syllabification: tad‧long

    Adjective

    tadlóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜇ᜔ᜎᜓᜅ᜔) (geometry, neologism)

    1. perpendicular (at or forming a right angle to)
    2. right (incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.)
      tatsihang tadlong ― right triangle
      • 2006, Math, Grade 6 Family Involvelement Activities : Harcourt school publishers math California, volume 6, Holt Mcdougal, page 236:
        Itanong sa inyong estudyante ang mga uri ng anggulo na kanyang napagmasdan gaya ng kipot, tadlong o bika.
        Ask students the types of angles that they have observed such as acute, right, or obtuse.

    Derived terms

    • katadlungan
    • paritadlong
    • tadlungin
    • tadlunging tatsiha
    • tatsihang tadlong

    Further reading

    • Lupon sa Agham (1969), “Sipnayan (Mathematics)”, in Gonsalo del Rosario, editor, Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL, page 69
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