isosceles
pronunciation
How to pronounce isosceles in British English:
UK [aɪ'sɒsɪli:z]
How to pronounce isosceles in American English:
US [aɪ'sɒsəlˌiz]
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- Adjective:
- (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
Word Origin
- isosceles (adj.)
- "having two equal sides," 1550s, from Late Latin isosceles, from Greek isoskeles "with equal sides," from isos "equal" (see iso-) + skelos "leg," from PIE *skel-es-, from root *(s)kel- (3) "crooked" (see scoliosis).
Example
- 1. You have nicer legs than an isosceles right triangle .
- 2. Conclusions in general , endometrial cavity is mostly isosceles triangle or equilateral triangle .
- 3. Once safeguarding human rights is determined as the prime value of the criminal lawsuit system and the practice , then such lawsuit structure shall be established as of the trial-centered together with the isosceles triangle frame of the equality of prosecution and defense , the separation of accusation and trial , and the trial neutralization .