Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-POT'E-NUSE
HY-PO-SUL'PHUR-OUSHY-POTH'E-CATE
HY-POT'E-NUSE, n. [Gr. υποτεινουσα, part. of υποτεινω, to subtend.]
In geometry, the subtense or longest side of a right-angled triangle, or the line that subtends the right angle. Encyc.
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