Black Triangle

Black triangle may refer to one of the following:

  • Black triangle (pharmacology), suffixed to the trade name of a British medicine indicates the drug (or its mode of use) is new
  • Black triangle (badge), a Nazi concentration camp badge worn by inmates deemed "asocial"
  • Black triangle symbol of lesbian or feminist pride and solidarity.
  • Black triangle (UFO), a type of UFO sighting
  • Black triangle, in Unicode Geometric Shapes (e.g.: ▼ ◀ ◣) special code for printing a variety of shapes including various black triangles
  • The nickname given to the triangular area south of Montreal worst affected by a long term blackout during the North American ice storm of 1998
  • The nickname for one of Europe's most polluted areas- the area where Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic meet.

Famous quotes containing the word black:

    In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth.
    Ellen Galinsky (20th century)