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hypotenuse

/hahy-pot-n-oos, -yoos/US // haɪˈpɒt nˌus, -ˌyus //UK // (haɪˈpɒtɪˌnjuːz) //

斜边,斜边区,斜边形,斜边线

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Geometry.

    • : the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.

Examples

  • One week later he decided that he should have cupped his hands and shouted, "You hypotenuse hussy!"

  • Mr. Isadore Binswanger inserted a toothpick between his lips and stretched his limbs out at a hypotenuse from the chair.

  • Thus we demonstrate that the surface of a regular polygon may be found by multiplying the perimeter by half the hypotenuse.

  • First take out the two rectangles formed on the hypotenuse; place them in the two lateral grooves, and lower the triangle.

  • Presently he turned again, to return cross-lots along the hypotenuse of the triangle.