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synonyms for equilateral

  • rectangular
  • foursquare
  • quadrate
  • quadratic
  • squared
  • boxlike
  • boxy
  • equal-sided
  • orthogonal
  • quadratical
  • rectilinear
  • right-angled
  • squarish
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How to use equilateral in a sentence

One way was to have three of them all on the same face, forming an equilateral triangular base.
CAN YOU BAKE THE RADISH PIE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSSEPTEMBER 17, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
At this point, you could think of the crystal as two equilateral triangles connected by a common edge.
CAN YOU DECIPHER THE SECRET MESSAGE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSS (RIDDLERCOLUMN@GMAIL.COM)JUNE 4, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
So if five of the edges had the same length — meaning the sixth edge was the only one with a potentially different length — that meant the two faces not straddled by this sixth edge were equilateral triangles.
CAN YOU DECIPHER THE SECRET MESSAGE?ZACH WISSNER-GROSS (RIDDLERCOLUMN@GMAIL.COM)JUNE 4, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
For example, if you had three pennies in your pocket, then you could buy three strings that were each 1 cm long and form an equilateral triangle.
CAN YOU BAKE THE BIGGEST Π?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSMARCH 12, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
Three of them were flat on the ground, with their corners touching and enclosing an equilateral triangle.
CAN YOU GUESS THE MYSTERY WORD?ZACH WISSNER-GROSSJANUARY 29, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHT
A third game was called trign, and was played by three persons, stationed at the angles of an equilateral triangle.
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE ROMANSHAROLD WHETSTONE JOHNSTON
I mean of course by the relative pointed, the entire group of which the equilateral arch is the representative.
THE STONES OF VENICE, VOLUME I (OF 3)JOHN RUSKIN
It is built in the figure of an equilateral triangle, having one of its angles pointing towards the sea.
EARLY TRAVELS IN PALESTINEARCULF ET AL.
This consists of three plane mirrors so arranged that a cross-section of the three forms an equilateral triangle.
PHYSICSWILLIS EUGENE TOWER
My legs and thighs first formed an obtuse angle, afterwards an equilateral angle, and at length, an acute one.
CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE, VOL. 1 (OF 3)ISAAC D'ISRAELI
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO EQUILATERAL

  • boxlike
  • boxy
  • equal-sided
  • equilateral
  • foursquare
  • orthogonal
  • quadrate
  • quadratic
  • quadratical
  • rectangular
  • rectilinear
  • right-angled
  • squared
  • squarish
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.