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Equilateral adj. Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon.

Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal.

Equilateral shell (Zoöl.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts.

Mutually equilateral, applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other.

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Etymology of 'Equilateral'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Equilateral" Quotes from Famous Books

... brought, and four persons of quality, whom I remembered to have seen very near the king's person, did me the honour to dine with me. We had two courses, of three dishes each. In the first course, there was a shoulder of mutton cut into an equilateral triangle, a piece of beef into a rhomboides, and a pudding into a cycloid. The second course was two ducks trussed up in the form of fiddles; sausages and puddings resembling flutes and hautboys, and a breast of veal in the shape of a harp. ...

— Gulliver's Travels - into several remote nations of the world • Jonathan Swift

... says: "Here is a proposition in geometry which I would like to see demonstrated theoretically by one of your correspondents. The side of a regular heptagon is equal to half the side of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the same circle. The mechanical construction is very simple and will be found useful. I discovered it some years ago and am not aware of its ever having been ...

— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various

Words linked to "Equilateral" : equilateral triangle, figure, equal