The word comes from the Latin hypotēnūsa, which comes from the Greek hupoteinousa, from the feminine present participle of hupoteinein, meaning 'to stretch or extend under' : hupo-, hypo- + teinein, 'to stretch'.
hypotenuse
Hypotenuse
The longest side of a triangle is called the Hypotenuse.
The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse.
It is the hypotenuse
The longest side is the hypotenuse and the other 2 are called the legs.
hypotenuse
The hypotenuse.
hypotenuse
It is usually called a "leg".
The longest side of a right-angled triangle is always opposite the right-angle and is called the hypotenuse.
In a right triangle, the longest side ... the one opposite the right angle ... is the hypotenuse. The other two sides are called "legs".
It is called the hypotenuse
Hypotenuse
The Hypotenuse
Hypotenuse.
It is its hypotenuse