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equilateral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
equi-lat-er-al
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having all the sides equal.

adj

Having all the faces equal.

adj

Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.

adj

Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.

noun

A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.

noun

A figure having all its sides equal.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English lateral English equilateral From equi- + lateral.

Inflected Forms

æquilateral (alternative, archaic) equilaterals (plural)

Derived Forms

equilaterality equilaterally hemiequilateral inequilateral nonequilateral unequilateral

Phrases

equilateral arch equilateral cross equilateral hyperbola equilateral triangle

Rhymes With

lateral right lateral left lateral bilateral collateral unilateral multilateral trilateral quadrilateral contralateral ipsilateral dorsolateral

Questions

What does equilateral mean?
Having all the sides equal.
Where does equilateral come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English lateral English equilateral From equi- + lateral.

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