cathetus

English

Etymology

From Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (kathetos, “perpendicular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkæ.θɪ.təs/, /kəˈθɪ.təs/

Noun

cathetus (plural catheti)

1. (geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.

Synonyms

• (side of a right triangle): leg

Translations

either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse

• Armenian: էջ (hy) (ēǰ) 
• Czech: odvěsna (cs) f
• Dutch: rechthoekszijde (nl) f
• French: cathète (fr) f
• German: Kathete (de) f
• Icelandic: skammhlið (is) f
• Italian: cateto (it) m
• Japanese: 隣辺 (ja) (rinpen)

• Macedonian: катета (mk) (katéta) f
• Portuguese: cateto (pt) m
• Russian: катет (ru) (kátet) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кате́та (sh) f

  Roman: katéta (sh) f

• Spanish: cateto (es) m
• Swedish: katet (sv) c

References

• Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
• Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)