Explore Equilateral through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like equal or figure. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Equilateral in a sentence
Equilateral meaning
- Having all the sides equal.
- Having all the faces equal.
- Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
Using Equilateral
- The main meaning on this page is: Having all the sides equal. | Having all the faces equal. | Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
- Useful related words include: equal, figure.
- In the example corpus, equilateral often appears in combinations such as: equilateral triangle, an equilateral, equilateral triangles.
Context around Equilateral
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Equilateral
- In this selection, "equilateral" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, simple, perfect, down, triangle, triangles and cross stand out and add context to how "equilateral" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a perfect equilateral triangle of and above an equilateral cross representing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "equilateral" sits close to words such as abbeys, abundances and aced, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with equilateral
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It has five equilateral triangular faces meeting at each vertex. (10 words)
Equivalently, it is both cyclic and equilateral, or both equilateral and equiangular. (12 words)
An equilateral triangle is also a regular polygon with all angles measuring 60°. (13 words)
The ethical failures of the artist for the 24” equilateral gouge in the sandstone from the erecting of the Utah Monolith, was not even close to the damage caused by the internet sensationalism and subsequent reaction from the world. (39 words)
An equilateral triangle has the same pattern on all 3 angles, an isosceles triangle has the same pattern on just 2 angles, and a scalene triangle has different patterns on all angles since no angles are equal. (37 words)
This also creates an upside down equilateral 'Golden Triangle', which draws the eye from the top of the buttocks to the top of the upper thighs. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Equivalently, it is both cyclic and equilateral, or both equilateral and equiangular.
The Equilateral Arch lends itself to filling with tracery of simple equilateral, circular and semi-circular forms.
It’s a perfect equilateral triangle of three bright stars from three separate constellations.
This also creates an upside down equilateral 'Golden Triangle', which draws the eye from the top of the buttocks to the top of the upper thighs.
The ethical failures of the artist for the 24” equilateral gouge in the sandstone from the erecting of the Utah Monolith, was not even close to the damage caused by the internet sensationalism and subsequent reaction from the world.
A Brigid's cross usually consists of rushes woven into a square or equilateral cross, although three-armed crosses have also been recorded.
Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit ) above an equilateral cross (representing matter ).
An alternative approach defines isosceles triangles based on shared properties, i.e. equilateral triangles are a special case of isosceles triangles.
An equilateral triangle has the same pattern on all 3 angles, an isosceles triangle has the same pattern on just 2 angles, and a scalene triangle has different patterns on all angles since no angles are equal.
An equilateral triangle is also a regular polygon with all angles measuring 60°.
An example of a Johnson solid is the square-based pyramid with equilateral sides ( J 1 ); it has 1 square face and 4 triangular faces.
A proof from Euclid's Elements that, given a line segment, an equilateral triangle exists that includes the segment as one of its sides.
A regular hexagon can be dissected into 6 equilateral triangles by adding a center point.
A regular hexagon can be extended into a regular dodecagon by adding alternating squares and equilateral triangles around it.
By lengths of sides Triangles can be classified according to the lengths of their sides: *An equilateral triangle has all sides the same length.
For example, Euclid's first proposition showing how to construct an equilateral triangle given one side is usually shortened to QEF.
For example, one can consider a geometric shape such as an equilateral triangle.
For example, the area inside the Koch snowflake can be described as the union of infinitely many equilateral triangles (see figure).
Ideally, the slaves would be positioned at the vertices of an equilateral triangle with the master at the centre.
It has five equilateral triangular faces meeting at each vertex.
Common combinations with equilateral
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: