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hypotenuse
[ hahy-pot-n-oos, -yoos ]
noun
Geometry.
- the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
hypotenuse
/ 丑补瑟藞辫蓲迟瑟藢苍箩耻藧锄 /
noun
- the side in a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle hyp
hypotenuse
- 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.
hypotenuse
- In a right triangle (a triangle that has one right angle ), the side opposite the right angle. ( See Pythagorean theorem .)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of hypotenuse1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of hypotenuse1
C16: from Latin 丑测辫辞迟脓苍奴蝉补, from Greek hupoteinousa gramm膿 subtending line, from hupoteinein to subtend, from hypo- + teinein to stretch
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"What would they do to a slave who knew what a hypotenuse was, what irony meant, how retribution was spelled?"
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The hypotenuse of that triangle then has the length 鈭2.
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No one is ever going to ask you about a hypotenuse when you get out of school.
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The quantity c is the length of the longest side, called the hypotenuse.
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Its strangeness lay in how Leonardo鈥檚 sketch showed an adjoining pitcher and, pouring from its spout, a series of circles that formed the triangle鈥檚 hypotenuse.
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