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1. secant
noun. ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- secans (Latin)
2. secant
noun. a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
Antonyms
Etymology
- secans (Latin)
Sentences with secant
1. Noun, singular or mass
Understand that to calculate secant you need only find the cosine of an angle and the relationship that exists between them.
2. Adjective
Pick a different pair of points on your curve and you can determine a new secant line.
3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Cosecant is the reciprocal identity of sine, secant that of cosine and cotangent that of tangent.
