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–noun Geometry.

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

[Origin: 1565–75; earlier hypotenusa < L hypoténūsa < Gk hypoteínousa (grámmé) subtending (line) (fem. prp. of hypoteínein to subtend), equiv. to hypo- hypo- + tein- stretch (see thin) + -ousa fem. prp. suffix

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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.]

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hypotenuse

1571, from L.L. hypotenusa, from Gk. hypoteinousa "stretching under" (the right angle), fem. prp. of hypoteinein, from hypo- "under" + teinein "to stretch" (see tenet).

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hypotenuse
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the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

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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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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.)

[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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hypotenuse mathematics
The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.
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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.

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