Talk:Cathetus

"Periphrasis"
A mistaken edit in 2009 changed the meaning of a sentence and created a new word sense on the internet.

Before: "The cathetus is far more frequently known as a 'leg' of the right triangle, or by the periphrasis 'side about the right angle'."

After: "It is called occasionally called the periphrasis ('side about the right angle')."

I reverted to the original version. This talk entry is for the benefit of future readers who wonder where the bogus sense of 'periphrasis' came from. Heron (talk) 09:22, 21 July 2015 (UTC)