tapatoru waerite
1. (noun) isosceles triangle.
He tapatoru waerite tēnei. E rua ngā tapa ōrite, e rua hoki ngā koki ōrite. Kotahi te rārangi hangarite (TRP 2010:256). / This is an isosceles triangle. There are two edges that are the same, and two angles that are the same. There is one axis of symmetry.
pū tapatoru
1. (noun) centroid (of a triangle).
E toru ngā rārangi weherua o tētahi tapatoru. Ka honoa ia akitu ki te pūwaenga o te tapa tauaro. Ko te wāhi e pūtahi ai ngā rārangi weherua o tētahi tapatoru, koirā ko te pū tapatoru (TRP 2010:226). / There are three lines bisecting a triangle. Each vertex is linked to the midpoint of the opposite side. The place where the bisecting lines of a triangle intersect, that is the centroid.
rārangi weherua
1. (noun) bisector, median (of a triangle).
Ko te rārangi weherua te rārangi e wāwahi ana i tētahi koki, i tētahi atu rārangi, i tētahi āhua rānei, kia rua ngā wāhanga ōrite. Ko te rārangi weherua o tētahi tapatoru, koirā te rārangi mai i tētahi akitu ki te pūwaenga o te tapa tauaro (TRP 2010:225). / A bisector is a line which divides an angle, another line, or a shape into two equal parts. The median of a triangle is a line from a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side (TRP 2010:225).
kawau mārō
1. (noun) fighting formation, concentrated attack - a military tactic where the war party advances in a triangle formation in battle to come to close grips and to split the enemy ranks. Also known as koau mārō, kawau rukuroa and kura takai puni.
Ko tērā kupu ko te 'kawau mārō' nō te pakanga, arā mō te matua he mea whakakokoi te tū whakamua, ā, ka whakaeke ana kāore rawa e hoki mai, kāore hoki e marara (NIT 1995:187). / That saying, the 'kawau mārō' (straight-flying cormorant) is about warfare and concerns an army division that forms a point at the front and when attacking never retreats or scatters.
2. (noun) advocate, champion, promoter.
He kawau mārō a Hōne Te Atirau Asher nō Tūwharetoa, noho ai hei kaiārahi i waenganui i te Māori rāua ko te Pākehā (TTR 1998:4). / Hōne Te Atirau was an advocate of Tūwharetoa and played a leadership role between Māori and Pākehā.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
Pūtahi-nui-o-Rehua
1. (personal noun) Canis Major - line of stars leading southward from Rehua (Antares) and culminating in the great star triangle. A small constellation, the brightest star of which is Takurua (Sirius). Also said to be the highest of the heavens and the home of Rehua.
See also Kāhui Takurua, Rehua
koau mārō
1. (noun) fighting formation, concentrated attack - a military tactic where the war party advances in a triangle formation in battle to come to close grips and to split the enemy ranks. Also known as kawau mārō, kawau rukuroa and kura takai puni.
Kātahi ka rere ngā matua, ka haere rā i runga i te koau mārō (W 1971:110). / Then the army divisions advanced in the 'koau mārō' formation.
See also kawau mārō
aho
1. (noun) fishing line, cord, string, line, medium for an atua in divination.
Pupuri tonu tētahi ringa ki te aho kia mau tonu ai te pōro i te taha o te kānara, ko te matikara o tētahi ringa hei āta koropana i te pōro kia āta takahurihuri mārire ai (TWMNT 5/6/1877). / Hold the string with one hand so that the ball is beside the candle and with a finger of the other hand carefully flick the ball so that it slowly revolves.
2. (noun) weft, woof - cross-threads of weaving or a mat.
Whatua mai te aho kia kāwitiwiti, kia kātoatoa mō te oti wawe, e hine! (TTT 1/4/1929:s178) / For an earlier completion, weave the cross threads so that they taper and contract, girl!
3. (noun) line of descent, genealogy.
I heke iho a Tini i te aho ariki o tōna tupuna, o Tūhuru o Te Tai Poutini, me tana pānga anō hoki ki a Ngāti Toa o Porirua (TTR 1998:216). / Tini was descended by the senior line from her ancestor Tūhuru of Westland, and was also related to Ngāti Toa of Porirua.
4. (noun) chord (maths).
He rārangi tōtika te aho e hono ana i ētahi pūwāhi e rua i te paenga o tētahi porowhita (TRP 2010:94). / The chord is a straight line joining two points on the circumference of a circle (TRP 2010:94).
5. (noun) sine (maths) - for an angle, the ratio of the length of the side that is opposite that angle to the length of the longest side of the triangle.
Ko te aho he ōwehenga e hono ana i tētahi koki o te tapatoru hāngai ki te tāroa me te tapa tauaro (TRP 2010:94). / The sine is a ratio which connects an angle of a right-angled triangle with the opposite side and the hypotenuse (TRP 2010:94).
tāroa
1. (modifier) enduring, lengthy.
E whakaatu ana ngā reta tāroa i tuhia e tētehi ki tētehi i ngā tau atu i 1925 ki 1950, e ū tonu ana te aro mai o Te Rangi Hīroa ki te āhua o ngā mahi e ahu whakamua ana i Niu Tīreni nei, me ōna āwangawanga e pā ana ki te oranga o te Māori (TTR 1996:17). / The lengthy correspondence between them in the years 1925 to 1950 reveals Peter Buck's continued interest in developments in New Zealand and his concern for Māori welfare.
Synonyms: takaroaroa, kāwekaweka, auroa
3. (noun) hypotenuse (maths) - the longest side of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle.
Ko te tāroa te tapa roa o te tapatoru (TRP 2010:190). / The hypotenuse is the long side of a triangle.
