isosceles en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /aɪˈsɑsəliz/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /aɪˈsɒsəliːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īsoscelēs, from Ancient Greek ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs, “equal-legged”), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix). See also iso-.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having (at least) two sides of equal length, used especially of a triangle or trapezoid.
The polygon advantageously is an isosceles trapezoid or rectangle with the pivotal connections between the deck or superstructure and four hulls respectively at its corners.
1965 April 8, Newton B. Dismukes, “Multihull vessels (Patent US3316873A)”, in Google Patents:Upon each exterior side draw an Isosceles Triangle of 480 Fathoms.
1693, Abel Swall, transl., The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vavban, Engineer General of France, 2nd edition, "A New Treatise of Fortification", page 96:To prepare for the application of his method, Saccheri made use of a figure with which we are already acquainted. This is the isosceles quadrilateral with the two base angles right angles.
1945, Harold E. Wolfe, Introduction to Non-Euclidean Geometry, page 31:A right double pyramid is isosceles when the extremities of the vertex-edge are at the same distance from the plane of the base.
1914, Henry Parker Manning, Geometry of Four Dimensions, page 204:The flowers were stuck inside a flower pot that was shaped like an isosceles polygon with a rectangular "edge."
2019 January 23, Altered Book Lover, “Funky Flowers”, in Blogspot:
Deriveds
isosceles triangle · isosceles trapezoid
Translations (32)
ceb duhalid (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · fi tasakylkinen (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · hu egyenlő szárú (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · cs rovnoramenný (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · cmn 等腰 (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · pt isósceles (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · az bərabəryanlı (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · mk рамнокрак (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · ru равнобе́дренный (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · it isoscele (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · de gleichschenklig (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · he שווה שוקיים (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · grc ἰσοσκελής (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · sv likbent (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · cy isosgeles (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · ca isòsceles (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · be раўнабедраны (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · gv cochoshanagh (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · bg равнобедрен (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · es isósceles (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · ga comhchosach (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · fr isocèle (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · la īsoscelēs (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · hy հավասարասրուն (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · pt isóscele (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · tl kaduhain (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · hi समद्विबाहु (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · nl gelijkbenig (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · lt lygiašonis (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · it equicrure (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · pl równoramienny (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid) · ro isoscel (having two sides of equal length, used especially of an isosceles triangle or trapezoid)