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Hypotenuse

HYPOT'ENUSE

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Noun.

[Gr. to subtend.] In geometry, the subtense or longest side of a right-angled triangle, or the line that subtends the right angle.

Definition 2024

Hypotenuse

Hypotenuse

See also: hypotenuse and hypoténuse

German

Noun

Hypotenuse f ‎(genitive Hypotenuse, plural Hypotenusen)

hypotenuse

hypotenuse

hypotenuse

See also: Hypotenuse and hypoténuse

English

Alternative forms

hypothenuse

Noun

hypotenuse ‎(plural hypotenuses)

(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Translations

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

Armenian: ներքնաձիգ (hy) ‎(nerkʿnajig)
Catalan: hipotenusa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 斜邊 (zh), 斜边 (zh) ‎(xiébiān)
Czech: přepona (cs) f
Danish: hypotenuse c
Dutch: hypotenusa (nl) m, f, schuine zijde m, f
Finnish: hypotenuusa (fi)
French: hypoténuse (fr) f
German: Hypotenuse (de) f
Greek: υποτείνουσα (el) f ‎(ypoteínousa)
Hebrew: יתר m ‎(yéter)
Hungarian: átfogó (hu)
Icelandic: langhlið f
Ido: hipotenuzo (io)

Indonesian: hipotenusa (id)
Italian: ipotenusa (it) f
Japanese: 斜辺 ‎(しゃへん, shahen)
Korean: 빗변 ‎(bitbyeon)
Macedonian: хипотенуза f ‎(hipotenúza)
Malay: garis sendeng, hipotenus
Polish: przeciwprostokątna f
Portuguese: hipotenusa (pt) f
Romanian: ipotenuză (ro) f
Russian: гипотену́за (ru) f ‎(gipotenúza)
Serbo-Croatian: hipotenuza (sh) f
Spanish: hipotenusa (es) f
Swedish: hypotenusa (sv) c
Tagalog: gilis
Turkish: hipotenüs (tr)
Ukrainian: гіпотенуза f ‎(gipotenúza)
Vietnamese: cạnh huyền

See also

cathetus