late 16th century: via Latin hypotenusa from Greek hupoteinousa (grammē)'subtending (line),' from the verb hupoteinein (from hupo 'under' + teinein 'stretch').
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The word comes from the Greek hypo = under and teinousa, the present participle of the verb teinein = to stretch.
The plural of hypotenuse is hypotenuses.
A hypotenuse is the long side of a right triange.
It's 6,40312. 4²+5²= hypotenuse ² 16+25=hypotenuse ² 41=hypotenuse ² |√ 6,40312=hypotenuse
A ten-letter word for the side of a triangle is hypotenuse... Don't know if this helped (:
The spelling hypotenuse is correct.