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isosceles

[ ahy-sos-uh-leez ]

adjective

  1. (of a straight-sided plane figure) having two sides equal:

    an isosceles triangle; an isosceles trapezoid.



isosceles

/ ɪˈɒɪˌː /

adjective

  1. (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
  2. (of a trapezium) having the two nonparallel sides of equal length
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

isosceles

  1. Of or relating to a geometric figure having at least two sides of equal length.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of isosceles1

1545–55; < Late Latin < Greek Dzḗs with equal legs, equivalent to iso- iso- + é ( os ) leg + adj. suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of isosceles1

C16: from Late Latin, from Greek Dzŧ, from iso- + skelos leg
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Example Sentences

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A sort of isosceles triangle is formed, which will eventually collapse.

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Something about isosceles triangles that I learned the year before at Iqra.

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Evenly spaced branches reached out from a trunk twisted into gentle contrapposto, its clusters of spring green foliage suggesting the outline of an isosceles triangle.

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The first warm evenings brought the summer triangle, a brilliant isosceles made up of the stars Vega, Deneb and Altair, to the eastern edge of my yard.

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That’s when an equilateral triangle becomes an isosceles, often with one person isolated at the farthest point.

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