abbr.hyp. The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin hypotnsa, from Greek hupoteinousa, from feminine present participle of hupoteinein, to stretch or extend under : hupo-, hypo- + teinein, to stretch; see ten- in Appendix I.
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