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hypotenuse
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hypotenuse

In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle. See sine.


hypotenuse
the side in a right-angled triangle that is opposite the right angle

hypotenuse [hī′pät·ən‚üs]
(mathematics)
On a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle.

(mathematics)hypotenuse - The side of a right-angled triangle opposite the right angle.


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If we draw out from the center of the circle to the base of this triangle a vertical line, then the two angles formed on both sides of this vertical line will be right-angled, and the [original] triangle, due to this drawn out vertical line, will be halved into two right-angled triangles, and the two lines falling on the two extremities [of the locus of contact] will become hypotenuses of these two right-angled triangles, and the vertical line becomes a hypotenuse of [i.
 
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