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hypotenuse

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/ (UK)
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/haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/ (UK) · [haɪˈpɒʔn̩juːz] (UK) · /haɪˈpɑtənus/ (US) · /haɪˈpɑtənjus/ (US) · [haɪˈpɑʔənuːs] (US) · /hajpo.ʈɛnjuz/

Definition of hypotenuse

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

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Etymology

From 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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