hypothenuse
Americannoun
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Question 29.—Show how the hypothenuse face of a right-angled prism may be used as a reflector.
From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin
My brain, acted upon by two forces, was compelled to take the hypothenuse, and I think the concussion was considerably diminished thereby.
From Winter Sunshine by Burroughs, John
"Oh, not you, indeed!" retorted O'Connell; "why, I suppose you'll deny that you keep a hypothenuse in your house."
From Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell by Anonymous
It is this: "In every right-angled triangle, the sum of the squares of the base and perpendicular is equal to the square of the hypothenuse."
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
Renouncing every pleasing page, From authors of historic use; Preferring to the lettered sage, The square of the hypothenuse.
From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis
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