HYPOTENUSE

hypotenuse. Hypotenuse, n. a line ine a triangle which subtends the right angle

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{ Hy‐pot″e‐nuse (?), 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.