cathetus

English

Etymology

From Latin cathetus, from Ancient Greek κάθετος (káthetos, “perpendicular”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.θɪ.təs/, /kəˈθɪ.təs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

cathetus (plural catheti or cathetuses)

1. (geometry) A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.

Synonyms

• (side of a right triangle): leg

Translations

either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse

• Arabic: ضلع قائم
• Armenian: էջ (hy) (ēǰ)
• Catalan: catet (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鄰邊／邻边 (zh) (línbiān)

• Czech: odvěsna (cs) f
• Danish: katete c
• Dutch: rechthoekszijde f
• Faroese: stuttsíða f
• Finnish: kateetti
• French: cathète (fr) f
• Galician: cateto m
• German: Kathete (de) f
• Hebrew: נִצָּב (he) m (nitzáv)
• Hungarian: befogó (hu)
• Icelandic: skammhlið f
• Ido: kateto (io)
• Italian: cateto (it) m
• Japanese: 隣辺 (rinpen)
• Khmer: កាតែត (kaataet)
• Macedonian: кате́та f (katéta)
• Norwegian: katet m
• Polish: przyprostokątna (pl) f
• Portuguese: cateto (pt) m
• Russian: ка́тет (ru) m (kátet)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кате́та f

  Roman: katéta (sh) f

• Slovak: odvesna f
• Spanish: cateto (es) m
• Swedish: katet (sv) c
• Thai: ด้านประกอบมุมฉาก (dâan-bprà-gɔ̀ɔp-mum-chàak)
• Vietnamese: cạnh góc vuông

References

• Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
• Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Anagrams

• teuchats