(click for larger image in new window) n.
Abbr. hyp. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
[Latin hypotēnūsa, from Greek hupoteinousa, from feminine present participle of hupoteinein, to stretch or extend under : hupo-, hypo- + teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
(hī-pŏt'n-ōōs', -yōōs') 
