equilateral
equilateral adjective: having all the sides equal.
Adjective
equilateral (not comparable)
- Having all the sides equal.
- Kissinger had wanted to keep an “equilateral” distance between the US, USSR and China. Under Carter, they became de facto partners.2025 April 12, Edward Luce, “The revenge of geopolitics”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2
- 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.
- Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
Noun
equilateral (plural equilaterals)
- A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
- A figure having all its sides equal.
equilateral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
equilateral in Hindi
- equilateral
- समबाहु sambāhu
equilateral in Tamil
- சம பக்க, சமபக்க, சமபக்கமான, சமபக்கங்கள்
equilateral in Kannada
- ಸರಿಬದಿಯುಳ್ಳ
equilateral in Tagalog
- referring to a polygon all of whose sides are of equal length
- parigilid
Forms of equilateral
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | æquilateral |
| Noun | |
| plural | equilaterals |
Origin of equilateral
From equi- + lateral.
Words formed from equilateral
Phrases with equilateral
Words that rhyme with equilateral
- collateral
- lateral
- bilateral
- multilateral
- unilateral
- longilateral
- quadrilateral
- trilateral
- acousticolateral
- ambilateral
- anterolateral
- apicolateral
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- axiolateral
- basilateral
- basolateral
- caudolateral
- centrolateral
- contralateral
- costolateral
- counterlateral
- craniolateral
- dextrolateral
- distolateral
- dorsolateral
- ectolateral
- frontolateral
- hemilateral
- heterolateral
- homolateral
- inferolateral
- ipsilateral
- isolateral
- labiolateral
- laterolateral
- left lateral
- linguolateral
- matrilateral
- mediolateral
- mesiolateral
- mesolateral
- midlateral
- monolateral
- obliquolateral
- occipitolateral
- octavolateral
- octolateral
- omnilateral
- orbitolateral
- palmarolateral
- patrilateral
- plantolateral
- plurilateral
- polylateral
- posterolateral
- prolateral
- proximolateral
- retrolateral
- right lateral
- rostrolateral
- sacrolateral
Questions about equilateral
- What does equilateral mean?
- Equilateral means having all the sides equal.
- What is equilateral in Hindi?
- Equilateral in Hindi is समबाहु (sambāhu). See Equilateral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is equilateral?
- Equilateral can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near equilateral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: equilateral (page history and authors); समबाहु (Hindi) (page history and authors); equilateral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); equilateral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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