Crossword clues for hypotenuse
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. (context geometry English) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle. n. (context geometry English) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
WordNet
n. the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
Wikipedia
In geometry, a hypotenuse (alternate spelling: hypothenuse) is the longest side of a right-angled triangle, the side opposite of the right angle. The length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, which states that the square of the length of the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares of the lengths of the other two sides. For example, if one of the other sides has a length of 3 (when squared, 9) and the other has a length of 4 (when squared, 16), then their squares add up to 25. The length of the hypotenuse is the square root of 25, that is, 5.
Usage examples of "hypotenuse".
I take the large square on the hypotenuse and divide it into pieces which I can rearrange to fit exactly into the two smaller ones.
The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides.
The large triangle goes at upper right, one side horizontal, hypotenuse to the right and underneath.
STATEMENT OF CHILD: In a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Caesar used it as it was meant to be used, held at groin level with its blade a hypotenuse and its wicked point upward, outward.
Ursa Maior produced and divided externally at omega and the hypotenuse of the rightangled triangle formed by the line alpha omega so produced and the line alpha delta of Ursa Maior.
One could admire them but on a fundamental level one could not believe them, certainly not in the way one believes that seven and six are thirteen, or that the square on the hypotenuse equals the sum of the squares on the other two sides.
Now if you remember your high-school geometry, the line from the car to you is the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Miss Brodie was easily the equal of both sisters together, she was the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle and they were only the squares on the other two sides.
Dagger would lurk behind him until he turned, then take the hypotenuse to cut him off.
Immediately to its right, place the yellow triangle, below the corner and with the hypotenuses facing.
He placed the paper triangles side by side on the table, with their hypotenuses touching, so that they formed a kite-shaped figure.
He placed the paper triangles side by side on the table, with their hypotenuses touching, so that they formed a kite-shaped figure.
Assuming that her estimate of forty-five degrees, at her first location, was close, and that she was directly over the stone 250 paces on, then the angle between stone, herself, and the first position was ninety degrees, and the original sight line was the hypotenuse of a right isosceles triangle.
Marya, this is not the Pythagorean Theorem, which states that the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.