Antonyms for equilateral


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ee-kwuh-lat-er-uh l, ek-wuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌi kwəˈlæt ər əl, ˌɛk wə-


Definition of equilateral

Origin :
  • 1560s, from Late Latin aequilateralis, from aequi- (see equal (adj.)) + lateralis (see lateral).
  • As in square : adj four-sided
Example sentences :
  • These are the equilateral triangle, the square and the regular hexagon.
  • Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth
  • Are you aware, Mr Gascoigne, of the properties of an equilateral triangle?
  • Extract from : « Mr. Midshipman Easy » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • These are the equilateral triangle, the square, and the regular hexagon.
  • Extract from : « Animal Intelligence » by George J. Romanes
  • Form of the outer shell not a sphere, but a regular octahedron, with eight congruent, equilateral triangular even faces.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Marginal spines ten to twelve, equilateral triangular, deeply sulcated, about half as long and broad as the radius of the disk.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Cortical shell hexangular, equilateral, four times as broad as the circular, Triopyle-shaped medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Cortical shell hexangular, equilateral, five times as broad as the triangular, Triopyle-shaped medullary shell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Mitral and basal rings of equal size, equilateral triangular, both connected at the corners by three vertical equal columell.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • The Tetrahedron, having four equilateral triangles as faces.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Beliefs » by H. Stanley Redgrove
  • The Octahedron, having eight equilateral triangles as faces.
  • Extract from : « Bygone Beliefs » by H. Stanley Redgrove

Synonyms for equilateral

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