hypotenusaladj.n.
/hʌɪˌpɒtəˈnjuːsəl//hɪˌpɒtəˈnjuːsəl/ A. adj.
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a hypotenuse; forming a hypotenuse. Now rare.
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hypotenusal?a1560
oblique?a1560
local1673
focal1676
octantal1777
symmetrical1794
radical1848
self-conjugate1855
quadric1856
stellated1859
periphractic1881
homoeoidal1883
tridiametral1891
one-sided1893
semi-infinite1903
simplicial1913
mirror-symmetric1952
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxxi. sig. K j Fyrste I measure the Hypothenusall lyne.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Hypothenusal line, a term in Geometry, it is that side of a right-angled triangle which is subtended or opposite to the right angle.
1785 W. Roy in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 75 420 The tops of the pickets, marking the hypothenusal distances, were the points on which the levelling rods were placed.
1831 G. B. Airy Math. Tracts (1842) 293 Two glass prisms, right-angled or nearly so, are placed with their hypotenusal sides nearly in contact.
Obsolete.
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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
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. xv. 279 If the Hypotenusall, or Screw be 5, the perpendicular or elevation must be 3, and the basis 4.
1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons v. 49 in Elements Philos. The Hypotenusall of a rectangled Triangle.
1661 S. Partridge Descr. Double Scale Proportion 136 In a right angled Triangle, the Angles and the Hypothenusal being given [etc.].
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