isoperimeter

[ ahy-soh-puh-rim-i-ter ]

noun

, Geometry.

1. a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.

Word History and Origins

Origin of isoperimeter¹

First recorded in 1665–75; iso- + perimeter

Example Sentences

This is nothing else but an interpretation of the Greeke word; So a triangle of 16. foote about, is a isoperimeter to a triangle 16. foote about, to a quadrate 16. foote about, and to a circle 16. foote about.

From Project Gutenberg

So an equilater triangle shall bee greater then an isoperimeter inequilater triangle; and an equicrurall, greater then an unequicrurall: so in quadrangles, the quadrate is greater then that which is not a quadrate: so an oblong more ordinate, is greater then an oblong lesse ordinate.

From Project Gutenberg