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Definition: Isosceles |
IsoscelesAdjective1. (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "isosceles" was first used: 1551. (references) |
Etymology: Isosceles \I*sos"ce*les\, adjective. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression 'i`sos equal leg.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Isosceles |
| English words defined with "isosceles": Asses' Bridge ♦ Equicrural ♦ Fleam tooth ♦ isosceles triangle ♦ Trigonal trisoctahedron. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "isosceles": disphenoid ♦ sectoral horn ♦ V-bob. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
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Theater & Movies | |
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| "Isosceles" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 63.46% of the time. "Isosceles" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 63.46% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Noun (proper) | 36.54% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "isosceles": isosceles triangle. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
isosceles triangle | 46 |
isosceles | 20 |
isosceles triangulo | 5 |
formula isosceles triangle | 4 |
isosceles picture triangle | 3 |
area isosceles triangle | 3 |
isosceles right triangle | 3 |
equilateral isosceles | 3 |
isosceles partner | 2 |
isosceles theorem triangle | 2 |
acute isosceles triangle | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "isosceles"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متساوي الساقين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | равнобедрен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gelijkbenige driehoek (isosceles triangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | isocèle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gleichschenklig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισοσκελήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שו" שוקים. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | egyenlõ szárú. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | isoscele. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 等辺三'形 (isosceles triangle), 二等辺三'形 (isosceles triangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にとうへ"さ"かくけい (isosceles triangle), にとうへ"さ"かっけい (isosceles triangle), とうへ"さ"かくけい (isosceles triangle), とうへ"さ"かっけい (isosceles triangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cochoshanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | isoscelesay isopreno. (various references) isoscel. (various references) равнобедренный. (various references) jednakokrak. (various references) isósceles. (various references) likbent. (various references) ที่มี"้านยาวเท่ากัน 3 "้าน (สามเหลี่ยม). (various references) ikizkenar (equilateral), eşkenar (equilateral). (various references) рівнобедрений. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | isoskeles. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Isosceles" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: isoceles, isodceles, isoscele, isoscelese, isosceoles, isoscoles, isoseles. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "isosceles" (pronounced īsô"sulē'z) |
| 4 | -u l ē' z | Hercules. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: solecises. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-o-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: ossicles, solecise. | |
-2 letters: iceless, loesses, ossicle, sessile. | |
-3 letters: cesses, closes, colies, cosies, ecesis, losses, seises, slices, socles. | |
-4 letters: ceils, close, coils, coles, coses, cosie, esses, isles, loess, loses, oleic, seels, seise, sices, silos, sises, slice, sloes, socle, soils, solei, soles. | |
-5 letters: cees, ceil, cels, cess, coil, cole, cols, coss, eels, else, eses, ices, isle, lees. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-o-s-s-s" | |
+3 letters: cloistresses, cloudinesses, cohesionless, comelinesses, costlinesses, lovesickness, recessionals, sociableness, sociologeses. | |
+4 letters: coltishnesses, cordialnesses, courtlinesses, deliciousness, logicalnesses, necessitously, selectionists, slouchinesses, voicelessness. | |
+5 letters: cloddishnesses, clownishnesses, colonialnesses, compulsiveness, conclusiveness, conscienceless, convulsiveness, cowardlinesses, electroosmosis, felicitousness, forciblenesses, ironicalnesses, licentiousness, lovesicknesses, lusciousnesses, meticulousness, overclassifies, poeticalnesses, prolificnesses, sociablenesses, unsociableness, voicefulnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 73 6F 73 63 65 6C 65 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. ... --- ... -.-. . .-.. . ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110011 01101111 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I s o s c e l e s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0073 006F 0073 0063 0065 006C 0065 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438581856971787185 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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