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cathetus

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kath′i təs, kə thē′təs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cath•e•tus  (kath′i təs, kə thē′təs),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ti 
    (-tī′, -tī).USA pronunciation 
  1. Architecture(in an Ionic capital) the vertical guideline through the eye of a volute, from which the form of the volute is determined.
  • Greek káthetos perpendicular, equivalent. to kathe- (see catheter) + -tos adjective, adjectival suffix
  • Latin (noun, nominal)
  • 1565–75

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