equiangular
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- equiangularity noun
- unequiangular adjective
Etymology
Origin of equiangular
Example Sentences
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For instance, in the particular case of equilateral triangles it is true to say, not only that 'all equilateral triangles are equiangular,' but also that 'all equiangular triangles are equilateral.'
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
Successive inversions at AB and BC then will change ABC into a series of equiangular triangles with B for a common vertex.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 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
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
It opens with a definition of a regular polygon as one that is both equilateral and equiangular.
From The Teaching of Geometry by Smith, David Eugene
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