hypotenuse
/haɪˈpɒtənjuːz//haɪˈpɑtənus/
hypotenuse noun: the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
Noun
hypotenuse (plural hypotenuses)
- The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
hypotenuse meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hypotenuse in Hindi
- the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- कर्ण karṇ
hypotenuse in Tamil
- செம்பக்கம், எதிர் சிறைப் பக்கம், கர்ணம்
hypotenuse in Marathi
- the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- कर्ण karṇa
hypotenuse in Urdu
- the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle
- وتر vatar
More languagesFewer languages
- hypotenuse in Bengali
- অতিভুজ
- hypotenuse in Malayalam
- കർണ്ണം
- hypotenuse in Kannada
- ವಿಕರ್ಣ
- hypotenuse in Sanskrit
- विशेष viśeṣa
- hypotenuse in Tagalog
- gilis
- hypotenuse in Arabic
- وَتَر watar, ضِلْع مُتَوَتِّر ḍilʕ mutawattir
- hypotenuse in Malay
- garis sendeng, hipotenus
- hypotenuse in Indonesian
- hipotenusa
- hypotenuse in Persian
- وتر vatar
- hypotenuse in Thai
- ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก dâan-dtrong-kâam-mum-chàak
- hypotenuse in Vietnamese
- cạnh huyền
- hypotenuse in Myanmar
- ထောင့်မှန်ခံအနား htaung.hmanhkam-a.na:
Forms of hypotenuse
| plural | hypotenuses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hypotheni |
Origin of hypotenuse
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”).
Words formed from hypotenuse
Questions about hypotenuse
- What does hypotenuse mean?
- Hypotenuse means the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
- What is hypotenuse in Hindi?
- Hypotenuse in Hindi is कर्ण (karṇ). See Hypotenuse meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hypotenuse?
- Hypotenuse is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hypotenuse?
- Hypotenuse is pronounced /haɪˈpɒtənjuːz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hypotenuse?
- The plural of hypotenuse is hypotenuses.
Words near hypotenuse in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hypotenuse (page history and authors); hypotenuse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hypotenuse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypotenuse (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypotenuse (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विशेष (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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