1) Chord in geometry 2) Cosine reciprocal 3) Curve intersector 4) Curve-cutting line 5) Geometric chord 6) Geometric line 7) Geometrical line 8) Geometry term 9) Intersecting line 10) Intersecting line in geometry 11) Line intersecting a curve 12) Line through a curve 13) Reciprocal of a cosine 14) Reciprocal of cosine
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1) Ratio 2) Sec
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• (a.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points. • (a.) Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line. • (a.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio...
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(from the article `trigonometry`) ...and their application to calculations. There are six functions of an angle commonly used in trigonometry. Their names and abbreviations are sine ...
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A straight line that meets a curve in two or more points.
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1. <geometry> A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points. ... 2. <mathematics> A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the cir...
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Se'cant (sē'kănt)
adjective [ Latin
secans ,
-antis , present participle of
secare to cut. See
Section .] Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a
secant line.
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Secant noun [ Confer French
sécante . See
Secant ,
adjective ]
1. (Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
2. (Trig.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through ...
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A secant is a line that cuts another, the term being applied to a straight line drawn from the centre of a circle through one end of an arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn through the other end.
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[
n] - a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points 2. [n] - ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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Note: In this series A is in radians and See also: Cosecant, Cosine, Cotangent, Series Expansions, Sine, Tangent.
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sec noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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In trigonometry, the function of a given angle in a right-angled triangle, obtained by dividing the length of the hypotenuse (the longest side) by the length of the side adjacent to the angle. It is the reciprocal of the cosine (sec = 1/cos)
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