Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hypotenuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hypotenuse
n : the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
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