equilateral
See also: équilatéral
English edit
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- æquilateral (archaic)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Adjective edit
equilateral (not comparable)
- (geometry, of a polygon) Having all the sides equal.
- (geometry, of a polyhedron) Having all the faces equal.
- (zoology) Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
- (zoology) Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
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referring to a polygon all of whose sides are of equal length
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Noun edit
equilateral (plural equilaterals)
- A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
- A figure having all its sides equal.