TRIANGULAR NUMBER


Meaning of TRIANGULAR NUMBER in English

Function: noun

Date: 1795

: a number (as 3, 6, 10, 15) representable by that many dots arranged in rows that form a triangle and that equals ( n ( n +1)/2) where n = 1, 2, 3, ⋯ for some positive integer value of n

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