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cathetus
CIDE DICTIONARY
cathetus, n. [L., fr. Gr. a perpendicular line, fr. let down, fr. . See Catheter.].
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. Barlow. [1913 Webster]
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