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Definition: CATHETUS |
CATHETUSNoun1. 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. |
Etymology: Cathetus \Cath"e*tus\, noun; plural catheti. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression perpendicular line, from let down. See Catheter.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: CATHETUS |
| English words defined with "CATHETUS": Catheti. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "CATHETUS": Kathetal. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "CATHETUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pingule (normal, perpendicular), perpendikulare (perpendicular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | катет (leg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | athetuscay catetã. (various references) катет. (various references) kateta. (various references) katet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "CATHETUS" (pronounced 'Cath"e*tus'): Afflatus, Ailantus, Alto-stratus, Ambitus, Amotus, Asphaltus, Attritus, Benedictus, Boletus, Cactus, Cognatus, Conatus, Conspectus, Crepitus, Cumu-cirro-stratus, Decubitus, Delectus, Detritus, fetus, Fremitus, Gymnotus, habitus, ictus, impetus, Inflatus, Lacertus, Leptus, Literatus, Mallotus, meatus, Notus, Pectus, Pericarditus, Plutus, Productus, Prospectus, Pruritus, Quietus, rectus, rictus, Salaeratus, Sanctus, Scorbutus, singultus, Situs, status, Subsultus, tinnitus, Vermetus, Victus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: acutest, scutate. | |
-2 letters: acutes, astute, chaste, cheats, chutes, cuesta, cushat, cutest, sachet, scathe, stacte, statue, taches, thetas, tusche. | |
-3 letters: aches, acute, caste, cates, cause, cesta, chase, chats, cheat, chest, chute, cutes, haets, haste, hates, haute, heats, sauce, sauch, saute, scatt, scuta, scute, shute, state, sutta, taces, tacet, tache, tachs, tacts, taste, tates, tauts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outcheats. | |
+2 letters: humectants, nuthatches, outcatches, outmatches, outwatches, staunchest. | |
+3 letters: haircutters, unaesthetic. | |
+4 letters: autochthones, enthusiastic, therapeutics, unchastities. | |
+5 letters: architectures, authenticates, unsympathetic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 41 54 48 45 54 55 53 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- - .... . - ..- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C A T H E T U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0041 0054 0048 0045 0054 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3735544239545553 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Rhymes | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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