Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
isoperimetrical .
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- adjective geometry Having the same
perimeter ; applied to the problem of finding aplane figure of the largest possible area whoseboundary has a specifiedlength .
Etymologies
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iso- + perimetric
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Examples
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a child the relations of contours and surfaces by having to choose every day isoperimetric cakes among cakes of every geometrical figure.
Emile Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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