hipotenusa

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Noun[edit]

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenuses)

  1. hypotenuse

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch hypotenusa,[1] from Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side subtending [the right angle]”), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /hipotəˈnusa/
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun[edit]

hipotenusa (plural hipotenusa-hipotenusa, first-person possessive hipotenusaku, second-person possessive hipotenusamu, third-person possessive hipotenusanya)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Portuguese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -uzɐ
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun[edit]

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)

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Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

Further reading[edit]

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