Definitions For Cathetus
Noun
CATHETUS (plural catheti or es) (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 legTranslations
Armenian: էջ Catalan: catet, m Czech: odvěsna, f Danish: katete, c Dutch: rechthoekszijde, f Faroese: stuttsíða, f French: cathète, f Galician: cateto, m German: Kathete, f Hebrew: נִצָּב, m (nitzáv) Hungarian: befogó Icelandic: skammhlið, f Ido: kateto Italian: cateto, m Japanese: 隣辺 (rinpen, sc=Jpan) Macedonian: кате́та, f Polish: przyprostokątna, f Portuguese: cateto, m Russian: ка́тет, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: кате́та, f, sc=Cyrl : Roman: katéta, f Spanish: cateto, m Swedish: katet, cEtymology
From {{etyl, la, en}} cathetus, from (Ancient Greek) κάθετος, sc=polytonic, , perpendicular.Anagrams
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The word Cathetus is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends