inequilateraladj.
/ɪniːkwɪˈlatərəl/ Having unequal sides; unequal-sided. inequilateral shell: one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo divides the valve into two unequal and unsymmetrical parts.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > irregular in shape > having unequal sides
inequilater1614
inequilaterala1680
inequilaterous1855
a1680 J. Bargrave Pope Alexander VII (1867) ii. 123 Several rude pieces of mountain chrystall..amongst which there is one..sexangular, inaequilateral, cylindrical, pyramidical.
1814 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) VII. i. 91/2 Shell transverse, inequilateral, inequivalved.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 246 The bivalves are all more or less inequilateral, the anterior being usually much shorter than the posterior side.
1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. iii. iv. 106 Inæquilateral Leaves, being unsymmetrical by the much greater development of one side... This is illustrated in the whole genus Begonia.
Derivatives
inequilater adj. [compare French inéquilatère] = main sense.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > irregular in shape > having unequal sides
inequilater1614
inequilaterala1680
inequilaterous1855
1614 W. Bedwell De Numeris Geometricis i. 7 An inequilater parallelogramme.
† †iˌnequiˈlaterous adj. Obsolete = main sense.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > irregular in shape > having unequal sides
inequilater1614
inequilaterala1680
inequilaterous1855
1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Inequilaterous.
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