katheten.
/ˈkaθiːt/ anglicized f. kathetus, cathetus n.
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1912 G. Kapp Electr. viii. 210 The well-known Pythagorean axiom that the sum of the squares of the kathetes in a rectangular triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
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