 | John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 662 pages
...acute-angled triangle. XV. A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE bas one of its angles right, or containing 90 degrees ; the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides are called legs ; that which stands upright is called the perpendicular, and the other tne base : thus BC is the... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is" called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are cal4ed the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, ihe side opposite the right. angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular 56. When an angle is denoted by thre*e letters, of which one stands at the angular point, and the other... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite aide, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenu.se ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...obtuse-angled triangle, and an acute angled triangle. XV. A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE has one of its angles right : the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called legs ; that which stands upright, is called the perpendicular, and the other the żeat ; thus BC is... | |
 | Thomas Tegg - Reference books - 1827 - 382 pages
...which has only two equal sides, as BEF. HI. A right-angled Triangle has one of its E angles right ; the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the oilier two sides arc called legs ; that which Mauds upright is called the perpendicular, and the other... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...is a perpendicular let fall from an angle or its vertex to the opposite side or base. Fig. 24. 39. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the HYPOTUENUSE, and the oilier two sides are called the LEGS, or sometimes the base and perpendicular.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 660 pages
...of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle |Ef:alled the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1832 - 366 pages
...of a figure is a perpendicular let fall from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.... | |
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In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 
