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Definition: Cathetus
Cathetus
\Cath"e*tus\, n.; pl.
catheti. [L., fr. Gr. ? a
perpendicular line, fr. ? let down, fr. ?. See
Catheter.]
(Geom.)
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.
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