hipotenusa

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Catalan

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Noun

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hipotenusa f (plural hipotenuses)

  1. hypotenuse

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch hypotenusa,[1] from Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, side subtending [the right angle]), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, stretching, extending, subtending), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, subtend, stretch under).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hipotəˈnusa/
  • Rhymes: -sa, -a
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun

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hipotenusa (plural hipotenusa-hipotenusa, first-person possessive hipotenusaku, second-person possessive hipotenusamu, third-person possessive hipotenusanya)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

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References

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  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, stretching, extending, subtending), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, subtend, stretch under), through Latin hypotenusa.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uzɐ
  • Hyphenation: hi‧po‧te‧nu‧sa

Noun

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hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)

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Spanish

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Noun

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hipotenusa f (plural hipotenusas)

  1. (geometry) hypotenuse

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