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Hypotenuse

/haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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opposite anglenoun	(geometry) Either of the angles directly opposite to each other when two lines intersect in a plane.
apothemnoun	(geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above).
cathetusnoun	(geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.
orthogonnoun	(geometry) A rectangular figure.
altitudenoun	The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
right trianglenoun	(geometry) A triangle having a right angle as one of its interior angles.
right-angled trianglenoun	(geometry) A right triangle.
antipolenoun	(geography) The opposite pole.
right anglenoun	(geometry) Half of the angle formed by a single straight line, equivalent to 90 degrees.
base anglenoun	(trigonometry) Either of the two angles that intersect with the base of a triangle.
right trapezoidnoun	(geometry) A trapezoid with two adjacent right angles
vertical anglenoun	(geometry) Any of the opposite angles formed by intersecting lines.
sinusnoun	(anatomy, zootomy) A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities (the paranasal sinus).
alternate anglesnoun	(geometry) the internal angles made by two (parallel) lines with a third, on opposite sides of it.
umbra versanoun	On a shadow in the shape of a right triangle, the length of the shadow's edge opposite to a measured angle.
sidelengthnoun	(mathematics) The length of a side (of a polygon).
mediannoun	(statistics) A number separating the higher half from the lower half of a data sample, population, or probability distribution. The median of a finite list of numbers can be found by arranging all the observations from lowest value to highest value and picking the middle one (e.g., the median of {3, 3, 5, 9, 11} is 5). If there is an even number of observations, then there is no single middle value; the median is then usually defined to be the mean of the two middle values.
exterior anglenoun	(geometry) An angle formed between one side of a polygon and an extension of an adjacent side.
antipodesnoun	The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
law of tangentsnoun	(trigonometry) A statement about the relationship between the tangents of two angles of a triangle and the lengths of the opposing sides.