IRREGULAR

, something that deviates from the common forms or rules. Thus, we say an Irregular fortification, an Irregular building, &c.

Irregular Figure, in Geometry, whether plane or solid, is that whose sides, as well as angles, are not all equal and similar among themselves.

IRREGULARITIES in the Moon's motion. See Moon.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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INVOLUTION
JOINTS
JOISTS
JOURNAL
IRIS
* IRREGULAR
ISAGONE
ISLAND
ISLES
ISOCHRONAL
ISOMERIA