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Word: Secant
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century; from French sécante, based on Latin secare ‘to cut’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈsiːk(ə)nt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.
Short Definition:ratio of hypotenuse to shorter side adjacent to acute angle
Definition:
a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.
Short Definition:straight line that cuts curve in two or more parts
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