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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'.
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What is the longest side of a triangle called?
hypotenuse
What is the longest side of a triangles opposite called?
Hypotenuse
The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle?
The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse.
What is the longest side of triangle called?
The longest side of a triangle is called the Hypotenuse.
The side across from the right angle is called a leg?
It is the hypotenuse
What triangle longest side is called hypotenuse?
The longest side is the hypotenuse and the other 2 are called the legs.
What is the longest side of a triangle called?
hypotenuse
What is the third line of a triangle called?
The hypotenuse.
What is the diagonal line on a triangle called?
hypotenuse
What is the side of a right triangle called when it is not a hypotenuse?
It is usually called a "leg".
Hypotenuse and what are the other sides called?
In a right triangle, the longest side ... the one opposite the right angle ... is the hypotenuse. The other two sides are called "legs".
What is the longest side of a right angle triangle called?
The longest side of a right-angled triangle is always opposite the right-angle and is called the hypotenuse.
What do you called the side opposite the right angle in a right triangle is called?
It is called the hypotenuse
The longest side of a right triangle is called?
Hypotenuse
What is the longest side of a triangles opposite called?
Hypotenuse
What is the longest side of a right triange called?
It is its hypotenuse
What is the opposite of the right angle in a triangle called?
The Hypotenuse
