English Dictionary: Hypotenuse | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for Hypotenuse | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hypotenuse \Hy*pot"e*nuse\, Hypothenuse \Hy*poth"e*nuse\, n. [L. hypotenusa, Gr. [?], prob., subtending (sc. [?]), fr. [?] to stretch under, subtend; [?] under + [?] to stretch. See {Subtend}.] (Geom.) The side of a right-angled triangle that is opposite to the right angle. |