a vocabulary word for "Sand glass" shape

seagirl · #1 30-Mar-2005, 03:20

Is there a word that can describe a shape like a sand glass (the tips of two triangles touch together)?

**Tdol** · #2 30-Mar-2005, 06:06

We use 'hourglass' for that shape, but it is mostly used to describe women- a woman could have an hourglass figure.

seagirl · #3 30-Mar-2005, 08:30

Thanks tdol :) I am trying to describe a diagram that has two triangles with one tipping the other's angle upside down. How do people ususally describe this diagram in English?

**Tdol** · #4 30-Mar-2005, 09:37

I'm afraid I don't know. I'll try to find out.

seagirl · #5 30-Mar-2005, 10:46

That's ok~Thanks :)

**Tdol** · #6 30-Mar-2005, 13:06

This is the shape you mean, isn't it?
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/venn/Tvenn.htm

seagirl · #7 14-Apr-2005, 14:44

Yes! That's the kind of shape

Thanks~

**Tdol** · #8 15-Apr-2005, 02:01

I couldn't find a name, let's hope someone else will know the word now that the thread is active again.

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