 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1839 - 324 pages
...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 Hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 56. When an angle is denoted... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...>«. or its vertex, to the opposite side, called j/ IN. the base. ^- '—^ • 55. 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. jj v 56. When an angle is... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1846 - 854 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... | |
 | John Davis - Circle-squaring - 1854 - 190 pages
...degrees contained in the arc of the circle gives £he measure of the angle. 39. In every right angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs of the triangle. 40. The height or altitude of a figure is a line drawn from the... | |
 | Thomas Hill - Geometry - 1855 - 152 pages
...-will be just as large as the square on A c added to the square on CB. 5. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other sides are called the legs. So that what I have already told you may be repeated in^ifferen: words. The square... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1861 - 316 pages
...let full from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-amrled 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. 56. When an angle is denoted... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1880 - 880 pages
...triangle, and •ли acute-anglta triangle. XV. A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANGLE line 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, ¡ind the other... | |
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In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse and is the longest side. 
