Phrase guide

iron triangle

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

A key communist Chinese and North Korean concentration area and communications junction during the Korean War, located in the central sector.

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Usage: historical

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Meaning 2

A stronghold of the Viet Minh during the Vietnam War, located north of Saigon.

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Usage: historical

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Meaning 3

The project management triangle, a model for the constraints (scope, time, cost) acting on a project.

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Topics: management

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name

Meaning 4

Alternative letter-case form of iron triangle.

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Usage: alt-of

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noun

Meaning 5

The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.

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Usage: US

Topics: government, political-science, politics, social-sciences

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noun

Meaning 6

Any self-reinforcing power structure, whether intentional or accidental, formal or informal.

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Usage: broadly

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