 In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs.  Higher Arithmetic - Page 134by John Charles Stone, James Franklin Millis - 1917 - 314 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...five, a pentagon ; that of six, a hexagon ; and so on. XVI. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A; the side BC is B its hypotenuse. XVII. Among quadrilaterals,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Playfair - Euclid's Elements - 1835 - 336 pages
...scalene triangle is that which has three unequal sides. 21. Aright angled trangle is that which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. 22. An obtuse angled triangle, is that which has an obtuse angle. 23. An acute angled triangle, is... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1836 - 394 pages
...scalene triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which O has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. Thus, in the triangle ABC, right-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. 17. Among... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1839 - 324 pages
...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... | |
 | Charles Davies - Surveying - 1839 - 376 pages
...scalene triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. Thus, 20 INTRODUCTION. 17. Among the quadrilaterals, we distinguish : The square, which... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1841 - 414 pages
...scalene triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse. Thus, in the triangle ABC, right-angled at A, the side BC is the hypothenuse. 17. Among... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...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... | |
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