hypotenuse
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
Origin of hypotenuse
1- Also hypothenuse.
Words Nearby hypotenuse
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How to use hypotenuse in a sentence
That’s because 65 happened to be the length of the hypotenuse for three distinct Pythagorean triples with legs that formed an arithmetic sequence.
One week later he decided that he should have cupped his hands and shouted, "You hypotenuse hussy!"
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounMr. Isadore Binswanger inserted a toothpick between his lips and stretched his limbs out at a hypotenuse from the chair.
Just Around the Corner | Fannie HurstThus we demonstrate that the surface of a regular polygon may be found by multiplying the perimeter by half the hypotenuse.
Montessori Elementary Materials | Maria MontessoriFirst take out the two rectangles formed on the hypotenuse; place them in the two lateral grooves, and lower the triangle.
Montessori Elementary Materials | Maria Montessori
Presently he turned again, to return cross-lots along the hypotenuse of the triangle.
Sudden Jim | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for hypotenuse
/ (haɪˈpɒtɪˌnjuːz) /
the side in a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle: Abbreviation: hyp
Origin of hypotenuse
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for hypotenuse
[ hī-pŏt′n-ōōs′ ]
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. It is the longest side, and the square of its length is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides.
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Cultural definitions for hypotenuse
[ (heye-pot-n-oohs, heye-pot-n-yoohs) ]
In a right triangle (a triangle that has one right angle), the side opposite the right angle. (See Pythagorean theorem.)
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