Definition
Plural of cathetus; in geometry, the two sides of a right triangle that form the right angle (also called legs).
Etymology
From Latin cathetus, from Greek kathetos meaning 'let down, perpendicular.' The geometric term comes from the image of a perpendicular line dropped down from a point.
Kelly Says
In ancient Greek geometry, catheti were the 'perpendicular drops'—the word captures this beautiful visual image of geometry as lines literally falling down from heaven!
Translations
CACatalà
catèts
kah-tehts
CSČeština
katety
kah-te-ty
DADansk
kateter
kah-teh-ter
DEDeutsch
Katheten
kah-teh-n
ELΕλληνικά
καθέτους
kah-theh-toos
ESEspañol
catetos
kah-teh-tohss
FRFrançais
cathètes
ka-teht
HUMagyar
katétek
kah-teh-tek
IDBahasa Indonesia
sisi miring
see-see mee-ring
ITItaliano
cateti
kah-teh-tee
MSBahasa Melayu
sisi
see-see
NLNederlands
zijden
zie-den
NONorsk
kateter
kah-teh-ter
PAPA
ਸિgehenden
see-geh-ing
PLPolski
krawędzie
kra-vezh-dee
PTPortuguês
catetos
kah-teh-tohss
RORomână
catete
kah-teh-teh
RUРусский
катеты
kah-teh-tyi
SVSvenska
kateter
kah-teh-ter
SWKiswahili
upande
oo-pan-deh
TRTürkçe
hipotenüs
hip-oh-ten-oos
UKУкраїнська
катети
kah-teh-tyi
VITiếng Việt
cạnh góc
canh gok
ZUZU
sithunzi
see-thoo-nzee