hypotenuse
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angleThe side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
» Pythagoras' theorem allows you to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Теорема Піфагора дозволяє розраховувати довжину гіпотенузи прямокутного трикутника.
Meaning
1 sensesThe side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
Hypotenuse
гипотену́заgipotenúza
гіпотену́заhipotenúza
the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
Examples
6 sentencesPythagoras' theorem allows you to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Теорема Піфагора дозволяє розраховувати довжину гіпотенузи прямокутного трикутника.
The sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
Сума квадратів катетів дорівнює квадрату гіпотенузи.
ruСумма квадратов катетов равна квадрату гипотенузы.
deDie Summe der Kathetenquadrate ist gleich dem Hypotenusenquadrat.
The square of the length of the hypotenuse is sixteen.
The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
ruКвадрат гипотенузы равен сумме квадратов катетов.
The sum of the squares of the right-angled sides is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side sFrom Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side subtending [the right angle]”), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”).
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