triforce

Meanings

Noun

• A shape composed of three equilateral triangles arranged in such a manner that a fourth triangle of identical size, but pointing the other way, could be fit in between them.

Verb

• To post three Unicode triangles (▲) arranged in this configuration, especially at 4chan.

Origin

• From Japanese トライフォース, from English tri- + force. First used in the Legend of Zelda franchise for a magical entity in that fictional universe.