 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...Right-angled Triangle is that which has one right angle. / In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite to the right angle / is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the legt, or / sometimes, the base and perpendicular. * An Oblique-angled Triangle is that which has no... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is" called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are cal4ed the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 56. When an angle is denoted by three... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1816 - 610 pages
...an angle, or its Vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, ihe side opposite the right. angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular 56. When an angle is denoted by thre*e... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Arithmetic - 1818 - 646 pages
...from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite side, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 66. When an angle is denoted by three... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1822 - 394 pages
...of four sides, a quadilateral ; that of five, a pentagon ; that of six, a hexagon ; and so on. XVI. A right-angled triangle is one which has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A; the side BC is B its hypotenuse. XVII. Among... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1822 - 616 pages
...from an angle, or its vertex, to the opposite aide, called the base. 55. In a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenu.se ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 56. When an angle is denoted by three... | |
 | James Mitchell - Mathematics - 1823 - 666 pages
...Lheir angles. 4. A Right angled TRIANGLE, is that which has a right angle. Here the siile opposite tlie right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides the base and perpendicular t or sometimes the legs. 5. An Oblique-angled TRIANGLE, is that which has not a right angle ; and is... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 486 pages
...incapable of being measured exactly by the other. 8. In every right-angled triangle, that side which is opposite the right angle is called the hypothenuse, and the other two sides are called the Aost and perpendicular. . unj srfT 9. In any other triangle, if we call any side the... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Geometry - 1829 - 256 pages
...perpendicular falling upon it from the opposite angle. 45. In a right-angled triangle the side opposite to the right angle is called the hypothenuse; and the other two sides are called legs. PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. 21 D / -E B *47. The circumference of every circle is supposed... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - Geometry - 1830 - 344 pages
...scalme triangle, one which has its three sides unequal. 16. A right-angled triangle is one which C has a right angle. The side opposite the right angle is called the hypotenuse. Thus, ABC is a triangle right-angled at A ; the side BC is its hypotenuse. 17. Among quadrilaterals,... | |
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In a Right-angled Triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called the Hypothenuse ; and the other two sides are called the Legs, and sometimes the Base and Perpendicular. 
