equilateral
Collocations
4VERB + EQUILATERAL
keep
EQUILATERAL + NOUN
distance, triangle, vertices, winter
PREP.
between, in, with
ADV.
almost, perfectly
Definitions
adj
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 halves of the same form.
Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane, chiefly of foraminifers.
noun
A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others.
A figure having all its sides equal.
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6Kissinger had wanted to keep an “equilateral” distance between the US, USSR and China. Under Carter, they became de facto partners.
WiktionaryIn an equilateral triangle with vertices A, B and C, the distance from A to B is the same distance as from B to C, or from C to A.
Tatoeba · #1295368An equilateral triangle has three sides of equal length.
Tatoeba · #2619468This is an equilateral triangle.
Tatoeba · #3819096An equilateral triangle has three equal length sides and three equal size angles.
Tatoeba · #10854955Stargazers have also noticed that Betelgeuse, Procyon, and Sirius make up an almost perfectly equilateral Winter Triangle.
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