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equiangular

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

adjective

  1. having all the angles equal.


equiangular British  
/ ˌiːkwɪˈæŋɡjʊlə /

adjective

  1. having all angles equal

"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

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


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of equiangular

First recorded in 1650–60; equi- + angular

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It opens with a definition of a regular polygon as one that is both equilateral and equiangular.

From The Teaching of Geometry by David Eugene Smith

An inversion in AB changes ABC and A′BC into equiangular triangles ABC′ and A″BC′.

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

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 St. George William Joseph Stock

From this it follows easily that the triangles FAA1 and FBB1 are equiangular, and therefore similar, so that FA : AA1 = FB : BB1.

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

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

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