The area of a general quadrilateral cannot be written as a function of its side lengths.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
边长
(geometry) side length
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(geometry) side length
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 边长 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 边长 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Heron's Formula shows how the area of a triangle can be expressed as a function of its side lengths.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 边长.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 边长.
Directly before
- 其边长2
Directly after
- 边长的2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 边长
What does 边长 mean in Chinese?
边长 (biāncháng) means (geometry) side length.
How do you pronounce 边长?
边长 is pronounced biāncháng.
Is 边长 an HSK word?
边长 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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