Definitions for cathetus

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cathetus cath·e·tus

Spelling: [kath-i-tuh s, kuh-thee-t Cathetus is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 288 anagrams from letters in cathetus (acehsttu).

Definitions for cathetus

noun

1. (in an Ionic capital) the vertical guideline through the eye of a volute, from which the form of the volute is determined.

Origin of cathetus

1565-75; Latin (noun) Greek káthetos perpendicular, equivalent to kathe- (see catheter) + -tos adj. suffix

Examples for cathetus

This will be the size of the eye, and in it draw a diameter on the line of the "cathetus."