equilateral

adj

Etymology

From equi- + lateral.

borrowed from laterālis
prefixed as equilateral — “equi + lateral”

Definitions

1
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.
Having all the faces equal.
Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two…
Having the two sides equal, as a surface divisible by a longitudinal median line into two halves of the same form.
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1. Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
2. A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
3. A figure having all its sides equal.

The neighborhood

Derived

equilateral arch, equilateral cross, equilateral hyperbola, equilaterality, equilaterally, equilateral triangle, hemiequilateral, inequilateral, nonequilateral, unequilateral

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at equilateral. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at equilateral. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at equilateral

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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