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equilateral

 
Dictionary: e·qui·lat·er·al   (ē'kwə-lăt'ər-əl, ĕk'wə-) pronunciation
adj.
Having all sides or faces equal.

n.
  1. A side exactly equal to others.
  2. A geometric figure having all sides equal.
equilaterally e'qui·lat'er·al·ly adv.

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1. See arch.

2. An equilateral roof has 60° pitches, and thus in section the timbers form an equilateral triangle.

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IN BRIEF: Having all sides equal in length.

pronunciation An equilateral triangle is one with three equal length sides.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having all sides or faces equal


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ligesidet
n. - ligesidet figur

Nederlands (Dutch)
gelijkzijdig

Français (French)
adj. - équilatéral
n. - triangle équilatéral

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gleichseitig
n. - gleichseitige geom. Figur

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γεωμ.) ισόπλευρος
n. - (γεωμ.) ισόπλευρο σχήμα

Italiano (Italian)
equilatero

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - eqüilateral, eqüilátero

Русский (Russian)
равносторонний

Español (Spanish)
adj. - equilátero
n. - equilátero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - liksidig
n. - liksidig figur (alla sidor lika)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
等边的, 等边形

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 等邊的
n. - 等邊形

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 등변의
n. - 등변형

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 等辺の
n. - 等辺, 等辺形

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متساوي الأضلاع (الاسم) متساوي الأضلاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שווה-צלעות‬
n. - ‮שווה-צלעות, רב-צלעון שווה-צלעות, צלע השווה לצלעות האחרות‬


 
 
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