 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Geometry - 1888 - 272 pages
...three of its angles are acute angles ; an equiangular triangle, when its three angles are equal. 131. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs, of the triangle. 132. The side on which a triangle is supposed to stand... | |
 | George Anthony Hill - Geometry - 1888 - 202 pages
...the angles acute. Obtuse triangles, having one obtuse angle. Right triangles, having one right angle. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other sides are called the legs. ACUTE. OBTUSE. EIGHT. 6. Draw, freehand, two acute triangles,... | |
 | George Anthony Hill - Geometry - 1888 - 200 pages
...the angles acute. Obtuse triangles, having one obtuse angle. Bight triangles, having one right angle. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other sides are called the legs. ACUTE. OBTUSE. RIGHT. 6. Draw, freehand, two acute triangles,... | |
 | George Irving Hopkins - Geometry, Plane - 1891 - 208 pages
...illustrate all the six varieties. The sum of the three sides of a triangle is called the perimeter. In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the legs. The side on which a triangle is supposed to rest is... | |
 | Adelia Roberts Hornbrook - Geometry - 1895 - 220 pages
...the sum of the two angles that are not right angles ? NOTE.— A triangle which has a right angle is a Right Triangle. The side opposite the right angle is called the Hypotenuse. 51. Draw a right-angled isosceles triangle having its equal sides each 5 inches long, and show how... | |
 | George D. Pettee - Geometry, Modern - 1896 - 272 pages
...triangle if its three angles are equal. SCALENE TRIANGLE. ISOSCELES TRIANGLE. EQUILATERAL TRIANGLE. EIGHT TRIANGLE. In a right triangle the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides the legs. The base of a triangle, and likewise of any polygon, is the side upon... | |
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In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse and is the longest side. 
