 In a Right-angled Triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular.  Mensuration for pupil teachers - Page 4by James Elliot - 1879 - 106 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1836 - 384 pages
...is a perpendicular 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...is called the Hypothenuse ; 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 - 1839 - 324 pages
...is a perpendicular 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.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1841 - 324 pages
...ACUTE-ANGLED TRIANGLE has three acute angles. [Fig. 4.] 14. In a right-angled triangle the longest side is the HYPOTHENUSE, and the other two sides the LEGS, or the BASE Fl°- 8and PERPENDICULAR. In other triangles the longest side is usually considered the Base. 15. In... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1841 - 334 pages
...side, called the base, as C, D. A *"" ' r»" B 54. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle, is called the hypothenuse : and the other two sides are called the lei:*, and sometimes the base and perpendicular ; thus, A, B is the base, B, C perpendicular,... | |
 | William Grier - Mechanical engineering - 1842 - 320 pages
...fall from an angle, >«. 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.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1842 - 320 pages
...ACUTE-ANGLED TRIANGLE has three acute angles. [Fig. 4.] 14. In a right-angled triangle the longest side is the HYPOTHENUSE, and the other two sides the LEGS, or the BASE Floand PERPENDICULAR. In other triangles the longest side is usually considered the Base. 15. In every... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1843 - 340 pages
...to the opposite side, called the base, as C, D. 54. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle, is called the hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the legs, and sometimes the base and perpendicular : thus, A, B is the base, B, C perpendicular,... | |
 | Euclides - 1845 - 546 pages
...line is said to be applied to that line. Prop. XLVII. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two Sides, the base and perpendicular, according to their position. It is not indifferent on which sides of the lines... | |
 | Charles William Hackley - Geometry - 1847 - 248 pages
...perpendicular let fall from the vertex of either angle upon the opposite side, called the base. 63. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the...is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 64. The altitude of a parallelogram... | |
 | William Vogdes - Arithmetic - 1847 - 324 pages
...three sides all unequal. 17- A right-angled triangle has one right angle ; the side opposite which is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the legs, or the base and perpendicular. 18. A figure of four sides is called a quadrangle, or a quadrilateral. 19. A square is a quadrilateral,... | |
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