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单词 equilateral
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equilateraladj.

/iːkwɪˈlatərəl/
Forms: Also 1500s–1600s equilaterall, (1600s æqui-).
Etymology: < late Latin aequilaterālis, < aequi- (see equi- comb. form) + latus , lateris side + -al suffix1. Cf. earlier equilater adj.
Having all the sides equal. equilateral arch: an arch, in which the chords of the sides form with the base an equilateral triangle. equilateral hyperbola, one whose axes are equal. equilateral shell, one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo divides the valve into two equal and symmetrical parts.
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the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adjective] > having equal sides
equilater1570
equilateral1592
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > other types of arch
bowOE
craba1387
cove1511
triumphal arch (arc)a1566
straight arch1663
pointed arch1688
rough arch1693
jack-arch1700
oxi1700
raking arch1711
flat arch1715
scheme-arch1725
counter-arch1726
ox-eye arch1736
surbased dome1763
ogee1800
rising arch1809
sub-arch1811
deaf arch1815
four-centred arch1815
mixed arch1815
Tudor arch1815
camber1823
lancet arch1823
invert1827
platband1828
pier arch1835
ogive1841
scoinson arch1842
segment1845
skew arch1845
drop-arch1848
equilateral arch1848
lancet1848
rear arch1848
straining-arch1848
tierceron1851
shouldered arch1853
archlet1862
segment-arch1887
1592 R. Dallington tr. F. Colonna Hypnerotomachia f. 45v Vnto which enclosure when wee came, I founde it equilaterall, with three fences like a streight wall.
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 112 The Sepulchre of Maleck Bahamans b[e]loued Queene..tis of foure Æquilaterall squares, eleuated eight yards high of stone.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 20 A Shoulder of Mutton, cut into a Æquilateral Triangle.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well II. ii. 32 A cocked hat of equilateral dimensions.
1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 88 The principal moulding of these doors has generally an equilateral arch.
1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 232 The shell is consequently equilateral.
1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 21 Denebola Arcturus and Spica form very nearly an equilateral triangle.
1880 C. Taylor Anc. & Mod. Geom. Conics vi. 167 The Equilateral Hyperbola is..also called Rectangular.
1885 C. Leudesdorf tr. L. Cremona Elements Projective Geom. 269 If the hyperbola is equilateral..the asymptotes are the only pair of tangents which cut at right angles.

Derivatives

equiˈlaterally adv. in an equilateral manner or form.
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the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [adverb] > having equal sides
equilaterally1852
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 704 The posterior [epimeral] equilaterally triangular.
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