right triangle

Noun

Meaning

a triangle with one right angle

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

right-angled triangle trilateral true love equilateral triangle acute isosceles triangle horizontal triangle normal triangle long triangle exact triangle constant triangle usual triangle proper triangle right angle triangle right triangular correct triangle

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Antonyms

oblique triangle

Hypernyms

trilateral triangle trigon

Examples

All of them are of course also properties of a right triangle, since characterizations are equivalences. Source: Internet

Altitudes Altitude of a right triangle If an altitude is drawn from the vertex with the right angle to the hypotenuse then the triangle is divided into two smaller triangles which are both similar to the original and therefore similar to each other. Source: Internet

Also, the center of the circle that circumscribes a right triangle is the midpoint of the hypotenuse and its radius is one half the length of the hypotenuse. Source: Internet

Consider a right triangle where the two other angles are equal, and therefore are both radians (45°). Source: Internet

In Euclidean geometry, the two acute angles in a right triangle are complementary, because the sum of internal angles of a triangle is 180 degrees, and the right angle itself accounts for ninety degrees. Source: Internet

A right triangle with two equal legs is a 45-degree right triangle, all of which are similar. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

right track right trapezoid right treatment right triangular right under one's nose right up front