In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse and is the longest side. Plane Geometry - Page 47by John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1916 - 278 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Hamilton Moore - Nautical astronomy - 1810 - 644 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... | |
| Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 746 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 ¿eat ; 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... | |
| Robert Simson - Trigonometry - 1835 - 544 pages
...cosine, tangent, radius, &c. respectively. NOTE 2. In a right angled triangle, the side subtending the right angle is called the hypotenuse ; and the other two sides which contain the right angle are called the legs ; one of the legs is also called the perpendicular,... | |
| Euclid - 1835 - 540 pages
...cosine, tangent, radius, &c. respectively. NOTE 2. In a right angled triangle, the side subtending the right angle is called the hypotenuse ; and the other two sides which contain the right angle are called the legs ; one of the legs is also called the perpendicular,... | |
| 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...Hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 56. When an angle is denoted by three letters, of which one... | |
| 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...Hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. jj v 56. When an angle is denoted by three letters, of which... | |
| 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 base ; thus BC is the... | |
| Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1848 - 572 pages
...6. A right-angled triangle is that which has one of its angles a rijilit angle. The side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. 7. An oUiqu-e angled triangle has all its angles oblique. 8. An obtuse angled triangle has... | |
| 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 uppermost... | |
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