Usually means: Longest side in a triangle.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypothenuse: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypothenuse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. hypothenuse: Collins English Dictionary
  4. hypothenuse: Wordnik
  5. hypothenuse: Wiktionary
  6. hypothenuse: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Hypothenuse, hypothenuse: Dictionary.com
  8. Hypothenuse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Hypothenuse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. hypothenuse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Hypothenuse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. hypothenuse: FreeDictionary.org
  13. hypothenuse: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypothenuse: Encyclopedia

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Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hypothenuse: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hypothenuse)

▸ noun:  Dated form of hypotenuse. [(geometry) The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.]

Similar:
right triangle, antiparallelogram, cathetus, set square, interior angle, exterior angle, orthocentre, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, contraversion, more...

Opposite:
adjacent, perpendicular, base

Types:
right triangle, more...

Adjectives:
common, same, measured, variable, rude, miserable, wicked

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Similar:
right triangle, antiparallelogram, cathetus, set square, interior angle, exterior angle, orthocentre, acute triangle, obtuse triangle, contraversion, more...

Opposite:
adjacent, perpendicular, base

Types:
right triangle, more...

Adjectives:
common, same, measured, variable, rude, miserable, wicked



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