单词 | hypotenuse |
释义 | hypotenusen. The side of a right-angled triangle which subtends, or is opposite to, the right angle. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > triangle > side or segment of casus?a1560 hypotenuse?a1560 shank1587 leg1603 crure1610 hypotenusal1648 crus1712 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. ii. sig. L iv v Ye squares of the two contayning sides ioyned togither, are equall to the square of ye Hypothenusa. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises ii. f. 55v They call the line Secant the Hipothenuse, because it subtendeth the right Angle A. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 734 The Power of the Hypotenuse in a Rectangular Triangle is Equal to the Powers of both the Sides. a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 174 The Perpendicular, the Base, and the Hypotenusa. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Plain Sailing The Base of the Triangle represents the Departure; and the Hypothenuse the Distance Sailed. 1834 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III. Navigation i. i. 2 The side AB, opposite to the right angle, is called the hypotenuse. 1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents iv. 117 The hypothenuse of the angles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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