hypothenuse

American  

[hahy-poth-uh-noos, -nyoos] / haɪˈpɒθ əˌnus, -ˌnyus /

noun

1. hypotenuse.

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Example Sentences

That the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the square of the two sides, is a proposition which expresses a relation between these two figures.

From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry

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

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

Then comes the triangular city whose hypothenuse, fronting east, is on the sea; its chief fault is having been laid out on too small a scale.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Five, measures the hypothenuse, obtained from the three and four, 861-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert