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
  • tadlungin
  • tadlunging tatsiha
  • tatsihang tadlong

Further reading

  • del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) “Sipnayan (Mathematics)”, in 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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