# Definition of Cathetus. Meaning of Cathetus. Synonyms of Cathetus

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## Definition of Cathetus

Cathetus
Cathetus Cath"e*tus, n.; pl. catheti. [L., fr. Gr. ? a perpendicular line, fr. ? let down, fr. ?. See Catheter.] (Geom.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle. --Barlow.

## Meaning of Cathetus from wikipedia

- Information Systems: An Introduction, 3rd ed. New York: Wiley, p. 271, 2002. Cathetus at Encyclopaedia of Mathematics Weisstein, Eric W. "Cathetus". MathWorld....
- \left({\frac {a}{c}}\right)\,} in which a {\displaystyle a\,} is the other cathetus. Cathetus Triangle Space diagonal Nonhypotenuse number Taxicab geometry Trigonometry...
- sides adjacent to the right angle are called legs (or catheti, singular: cathetus). Side a may be identified as the side adjacent to angle B and opposed...
- water cathetus from Odessa to Cape Matapan (ca. 1230–1350 km) and from Trieste to Cape Matapan (ca. 1270–1285 km) are shorter than land cathetus from Trieste...
- shares an angle with another given side Adjacent side (right triangle), the side (or cathetus) of a right triangle that touches a given non-right angle...
- triangle. The other two sides are called the legs or catheti (singular: cathetus) of the triangle. Right triangles obey the Pythagorean theorem: the sum...
- {\displaystyle S} on the angle leg P C ¯ {\displaystyle {\overline {PC}}} , a cathetus of the triangle p****es through the point O {\displaystyle O} and the other...
- village and muni****lity in south-west Slovakia Legs (Chinese constellation) Cathetus or leg, in geometry, a side adjacent to the right angle of a right triangle...
- (Dire, 1971) Metti Una Sera Cerri (1973) A Limmen (Malobbia, 1975) From Cathetus to Cicero (Malobbia, 1975) Querce Platani e Cerri (PDU, 1975) Franco Tony...
- Ardinghalia Comm. ex A.Juss. Asterandra Klotzsch Bradleia Banks ex Gaertn. Cathetus Lour. Ceramanthus H****k. Chlorolepis Nutt. Chorisandra Wight, nom. illeg...