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isosceles

adj
/aɪˈsɒsəliːz/UK/aɪˈsɑsəliz/US

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-.

  1. derived from ἰσοσκελής — “equal-legged”
  2. borrowed from īsoscelēs

Definitions

  1. Having (at least) two sides of equal length, used especially of a triangle or trapezoid.

    • Upon each exterior side draw an Isosceles Triangle of 480 Fathoms.
    • A right double pyramid is isosceles when the extremities of the vertex-edge are at the same distance from the plane of the base.
    • 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.

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