isosceles triangles

Matching-leg geometric figures

Isosceles triangles is the plural of isosceles triangle—a triangle with two sides of equal length.

The two equal sides meet at the apex, and the angles opposite them are also equal.

The roof formed an isosceles triangle against the sky.

geometry

base

Supporting bottom structure

  • legsLocomotion appendages below torso
  • vertexPoint where edges converge
  • apexUppermost point or culmination

angle · congruent · scalene · equilateral · acute · obtuse · right · perimeter · area · altitude

properties

equal sides

similarity · ratio · measurement · degrees

symmetry

axis

Rotation reference line

congruence · fold · midpoint · perpendicular · correspondence · balance · proportion · alignment · equivalence · regularity

Opposites
side equality

isosceles trianglesscalene triangles

Three-sided figures, all sides different

scalene · equilateral triangles · equilateral · regular polygons · circles

Family

isosceles, triangle, triangles, triangular, triangulate, triangulation, triangulated, triangulating

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