| 单词 | equilateral |
| 释义 | equilateral (once / 16371 pages) adjn A shape is equilateral if all the sides are the same length. In geometry class, people learn about many shapes, such as triangles and squares. A square is equilateral, because all of its sides are the same length. A rhombus is also equilateral — its sides are also the same length. A triangle can be equilateral too, but not a scalene triangle, which has three sides of different lengths. The word equal should help you remember what equilateral means. You can also use it as a noun for an equilateral shape. WORD FAMILYequilateral: equilaterally, equilaterals USAGE EXAMPLESWith a planned launch date of 2034, eLISA would send three different spacecraft into orbit around the Sun, where they would form an equilateral triangle. The Verge(Feb 13, 2016) We can tile it with equilateral triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and so on. Scientific American(Aug 21, 2015) Resembling a small equilateral triangle hitched to a parallelogram, Lyra is one of the smaller but more easily recognized classical constellations, visible all summer long. National Geographic(Jul 13, 2015) 1adj having all sides or faces equal Syn equal having the same quantity, value, or measure as another 2n a figure whose sides are all equal Hyper figure a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape |
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