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CATHETUS

Definition: CATHETUS

CATHETUS

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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)

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Modern Translations: CATHETUS

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

   

Romanian

  

catetã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

катет. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kateta. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

katet. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "CATHETUS"

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)

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Anagrams: CATHETUS

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CATHETUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 54 48 45 54 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-    -    ....    .    -    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01010100 01001000 01000101 01010100 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#84 &#85 &#83

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3735544239545553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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