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equiangular

American  
[ee-kwee-ang-gyuh-ler, ek-wee-] / ˌi kwiˈæŋ gyə lər, ˌɛk wi- /

adjective

  1. having all the angles equal.


equiangular British  
/ ˌiːkwɪˈæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

  1. having all angles equal

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equiangular Scientific  
/ ē′kwē-ănggyə-lər,ĕk′wē- /
  1. Having all angles equal.


Other Word Forms

  • equiangularity noun
  • unequiangular adjective

Etymology

Origin of equiangular

First recorded in 1650–60; equi- + angular

Example Sentences

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We may have a division consisting of mutually exclusive members, which yet involves a mixture of different bases, e.g. if we were to divide triangle into scalene, isosceles and equiangular.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

Parallelograms which are equiangular to one another, have to one another the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of their sides.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

Euclid does not use the word regular, but he describes the polygons in question as equiangular and equilateral.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

For example, if all the equilateral triangles are all the equiangular, we know at once that all non-equilateral triangles are also non-equiangular.

From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph

By inversion at BC, ABC becomes an equiangular triangle A′BC.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various