HYPOTENUSE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("hypotenuse" is a kind of...):

flank (a subfigure consisting of a side of something)

Holonyms ("hypotenuse" is a part of...):

right-angled triangle; right triangle (a triangle with one right angle)

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