 | 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... | |
 | Edward Riddle - Nautical astronomy - 1824 - 572 pages
...arc. V "" \ 51. A Quadrant is a sector whose bounding radii are perpendicular to each other. 52. In a right angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypolhenuse, and the side including the right angle are called the Base and Perpendicular, and sometimes... | |
 | 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 ¿eat ;... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Radford Young - Euclid's Elements - 1827 - 246 pages
...which has all its sides equal. 17. A right angled triangle is one which has a right angle. 18. In a right angled triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. If, for example, the angle A is right, the side BC is the hypothenuse. Any side of a triangle... | |
 | 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 the Hypotenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 56. When an angle is denoted by three... | |
 | 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 denoted by... | |
 | Nathan Scholfield - 1845 - 894 pages
...triangle which has one obtuse angle. 26. A right angled triangle is onf. which has a right angle. 27. In a right angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the /lypothemtse. If, for example, the angle A is right, the side B(J is the hypothennse. Any side of a... | |
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In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse and is the longest side. 
