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HYPOTENUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypotenuse mean?
• HYPOTENUSE (noun)
The noun HYPOTENUSE has 1 sense:
1. the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
Familiarity information: HYPOTENUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hypotenuse" is a kind of...):
flank (a subfigure consisting of a side of something)
Holonyms ("hypotenuse" is a part of...):
right-angled triangle; right triangle (a triangle with one right angle)
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