The sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
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Hypotenuse
//haɪˈpɑtənus//
Synonyms for "hypotenuse"
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52 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- وَتَر noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Armenian
1 entries- ներքնաձիգ noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Asturian
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hipotenuz noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Belarusian
1 entries- гіпатэну́за noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хипотенуза noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Burmese
1 entries- ထောင့်မှန်ခံအနား noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Catalan
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ژێ noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Chinese
1 entries- 弦 noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斜邊 /斜边 noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Czech
1 entries- přepona noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Danish
1 entries- hypotenuse noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Dutch
2 entries- hypotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
- schuine zijde noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Esperanto
1 entries- hipotenuzo noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Finnish
1 entries- hypotenuusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
French
1 entries- hypoténuse noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Galician
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
German
1 entries- Hypotenuse noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Greek
1 entries- υποτείνουσα noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Hebrew
1 entries- יתר noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Hindi
1 entries- कर्ण noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Hungarian
1 entries- átfogó noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Icelandic
1 entries- langhlið noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Ido
1 entries- hipotenuzo noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Indonesian
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Italian
1 entries- ipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Japanese
1 entries- 斜辺 noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Khmer
1 entries- អ៊ីប៉ូតេនុស noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Korean
1 entries- 빗변 noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Macedonian
1 entries- хипотену́за noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Malay
2 entries- garis sendeng noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
- hipotenus noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Marathi
1 entries- कर्ण noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Māori
1 entries- tāroa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Persian
1 entries- وتر noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Polish
1 entries- przeciwprostokątna noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Portuguese
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Romanian
1 entries- ipotenuză noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Russian
1 entries- гипотену́за noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- hipotenuza noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Slovak
1 entries- prepona noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Spanish
1 entries- hipotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Swedish
1 entries- hypotenusa noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Tagalog
1 entries- gilis noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Thai
1 entries- ด้านตรงข้ามมุมฉาก noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Turkish
1 entries- hipotenüs noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гіпотену́за noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Urdu
1 entries- وتر noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cạnh huyền noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Welsh
1 entries- llinell groes noun (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
Sample sentences
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Pythagoras' theorem says that the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
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Pythagoras' theorem allows you to calculate the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
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The square of the length of the hypotenuse of any right triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the lengths of its base and vertical sides.
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