In a right triangle, the measurement of the hypotenuse has a specific formula. From LearnThat.org.
The word hypotenuse in Greek originally meant “stretched against”. From Wordnik.com. [Euclid’s Window] Reference
The square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle etc. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
This string will form the hypotenuse of the triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 11] Reference
Dis cat is no has hypotenuse.. tis not right tryangle. From Wordnik.com. [stop watchin me, is tryin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Pelosi and Reid say no] Reference
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry in SF notion...] Reference
The hypotenuse (long side) of the triangle gives the roof pitch. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
November 28, 2008 at 6:06 pm ur isosceles, u no has an hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [stop watchin me, is tryin - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
You can imagine that the plane of the mirror is along the hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [Reach For Tomorrow]
"It's used to form a hypotenuse triangle when we set out a right angle.". From Wordnik.com. [A Body In The Bath House]
Bringing up the rear because I thought it would be quicker to hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [Round and Round: In Search of Direction] Reference
That would spare me the awkwardness of bumping into a hypotenuse or worse. From Wordnik.com. [Question Quest]
Hubble Space Telescope hydrocarbons hydrogen hyperbola hypotenuse hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [19. Physical Sciences and Mathematics] Reference
And as it makes its quick hypotenuse, the closest right angle to New Orleans. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2005] Reference
But now he was traveling toward a hypotenuse who was basking in shallow water. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
The hypotenuse was enormously fat, with a huge mouth that opened into a triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
When then one leg is advanced it becomes the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
The drake was diving toward Stanley, and the allegory and hypotenuse were closing in. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
The hypotenuse quickly submerged, hiding from the fire, and the allegory swam swiftly away. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon on a Pedestal]
You would not write your name in pencil across the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. —. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
Slicing a grilled-cheese sandwich diagonally, I find myself pondering the length of the hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [High-School Senior: I Took the SAT Again After 41 Years] Reference
One student wrote "well, in this lab, I was sposed to find the hypotenuse of a chemical bond I think.". From Wordnik.com. [Something is wrong with secondary education in the U.S.] Reference
For it will be equal to the stationary leg and also equivalent to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
That the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides?. From Wordnik.com. [BLANKENSHIP & DAWES IN: CHRONO-CONUNDRUM! • by Jens Rushing] Reference
There are a lot of things I can't tell you, like recipes for buns, or how to work out the square on a hypotenuse. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
Meanwhile, you are inspecting some angles, their hypotenuse pointing NNE towards some distant, rock-strewn hills. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Now if you remember your high-school geometry, the line from the car to you is the hypotenuse of a right triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry]
The ratio of the hypotenuse to an arm of an isosceles right triangle is a:b expressed in the smallest units possible. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
Parking Lot- My big gripe is those who “walk the diagonal” or “hypotenuse” for those who had higher education. From Wordnik.com. [Those good old boys were drinking Aquavit and Skyy – The Bleat.] Reference
There we're taught how to write an essay, find the hypotenuse, and what the Federalist Papers did for the Constitution. From Wordnik.com. [Lindsay Mannering: Food For Thought: Get To Know Your Meals] Reference
Assuming you accept for a right triangle that the sum of the squares of the two sides equals the square of the hypotenuse …. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Faith?] Reference
I. 47 that the square on the hypotenuse of any right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Traffic on your north-west corner would prefer the hypotenuse over the right angle to reach a junction at the south-east corner. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Option] Reference
The "5" he jotted on the diagram of the triangle was on the wrong line; he should have wrote in on the hypotenuse of the triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Educating America: Scrap the SAT?] Reference
After all, there are plenty of lessons to bestow on our kids besides calculating the length of the hypotenuse or parsing a participle. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce Kluger: Talk About Bad Manners] Reference
The first will be the simplest and smallest construction, and its element is that triangle which has its hypotenuse twice the lesser side. From Wordnik.com. [TIMAEUS] Reference
The glass on the sliding door had an uncleaned film in each corner like a right triangle with a concave hypotenuse where the rag hadn't quite gottten into the corner. From Wordnik.com. [The Sex Life of Your Mouth] Reference
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