| Nautical astronomy - 1821 - 708 pages
...of six parts, viz. three sides and three angles : it is distinguished into three sorts, viz. aright angled triangle, an obtuse-angled triangle, and an...right; the side opposite the right angle is called the In/polenusc ; and the otlier (wo sides are called legs ; that which stands upright, is called the perpendicular,... | |
| Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 732 pages
...right angled triangle, an obtuse-angled triangle, and an acute-angled triangle. A RIGHT-ANGLED TRIANOLE has one of its angles right ; the side opposite the right angle is called the hyjHitrnusr : and the other two sides are called legs ; that which stands upright, is called the perpendicular,... | |
| Thomas Tegg - Reference books - 1827 - 382 pages
...Triangle isthat 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
...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 letters,... | |
| 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 denoted by three letters,... | |
| 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 - 172 pages
...contained in the arc of the circle gives the 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... | |
| Robert Potts - Geometry, Plane - 1860 - 380 pages
...obtained to any assigne degree of accuracy. Prop. XLVII. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypotenuse, and the other two sides, the base and perpendicular, according to their position. In the diagram the three squares are described... | |
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