hypotenuse (side opposite the right angle in a right triangle)
çekim: çoğul hipotenusas
köken: From Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”), through Latin hypotenusa.
hypotenuse (side of a right triangle opposite the right angle)
çekim: çoğul hypotenusor · tamlayan hypotenusas
köken: From Latin hypotēnūsa, hence cognate with Dutch hypotenusa, English hypotenuse (and obsolete hypothenusa), French hypoténuse, German Hypotenuse etc.
Borrowed from Dutch hypotenusa, from Latin hypotenusa, from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνουσα πλευρά (hupoteínousa pleurá, “side subtending [the right angle]”), from ὑποτείνουσα (hupoteínousa, “stretching, extending, subtending”), active participle of ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “subtend, stretch under”).