catheti

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catheti - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]