hypotenuse

See also: Hypotenuse and hypoténuse

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hypotenuse

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English

Alternative forms

• hypotheni

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/, [haɪˈpɒʔn̩juːz]
• (US) IPA^(key): /haɪˈpɑtənus/, /haɪˈpɑtənjus/, [haɪˈpɑʔənuːs]

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Noun

hypotenuse (plural hypotenuses)

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

   Coordinate term: cathetus

Derived terms

• non-hypotenuse number

Translations

the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

Arabic: وَتَر (ar) m (watar) Armenian: ներքնաձիգ (hy) (nerkʻnajig) Azerbaijani: hipotenuz Belarusian: гіпатэну́за f (hipatenúza) Bulgarian: хипотенуза f (hipotenuza) Burmese: ထောင့်မှန်ခံအနား (htaung.hmanhkam-a.na:) Catalan: hipotenusa (ca) f Chinese: Classical Chinese: 弦 (zh) (xián) Mandarin: 斜邊 / 斜边 (zh) (xiébiān) Czech: přepona (cs) f Danish: hypotenuse c Dutch: hypotenusa (nl) m or f, schuine zijde m or f Esperanto: hipotenuzo Finnish: hypotenuusa (fi) French: hypoténuse (fr) f Galician: hipotenusa f German: Hypotenuse (de) f Greek: υποτείνουσα (el) f (ypoteínousa) Hebrew: יתר (he) m (yéter) Hindi: कर्ण (hi) m (karṇ) Hungarian: átfogó (hu) Icelandic: langhlið f Ido: hipotenuzo (io) Indonesian: hipotenusa (id) Italian: ipotenusa (it) f Japanese: 斜辺 (ja) (しゃへん, shahen) Khmer: អ៊ីប៉ូតេនុស (ʼiipouteenuh) Korean: 빗변 (bitbyeon) Macedonian: хипотену́за f (hipotenúza) Malay: garis sendeng, hipotenus (ms) Maori: tāroa Marathi: कर्ण (mr) m (karṇa) Persian: وتر (fa) (vatar) Polish: przeciwprostokątna (pl) f Portuguese: hipotenusa (pt) f Romanian: ipotenuză (ro) f Russian: гипотену́за (ru) f (gipotenúza) Serbo-Croatian: hipotenuza (sh) f Slovak: prepona f Spanish: hipotenusa (es) f Swedish: hypotenusa (sv) c Tagalog: gilis Thai: ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก (dâan-dtrong-kâam-mum-chàak) Turkish: hipotenüs (tr) Ukrainian: гіпотену́за f (hipotenúza) Urdu: وتر (ur) m (vatar) Vietnamese: cạnh huyền (vi) Welsh: llinell groes f

See also

(Similar-looking but unrelated terms, not to be confused with the above):

• hippopotamus
• hypothalamus