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
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.
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