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cosecant
[ koh-see-kuhnt, -kant ]
noun
, Trigonometry.
- (in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side opposite a given angle.
- the secant of the complement, or the reciprocal of the sine, of a given angle or arc. : csc
cosecant
/ kəʊˈsiːkənt /
noun
- (of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine cosec
cosecant
/ kō-sē′kănt′ /
- The ratio of the length of the hypotenuse in a right triangle to the length of the side opposite an acute angle. The cosecant is the inverse of the sine.
- The reciprocal of the ordinate of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.
- A function of a number x, equal to the cosecant of an angle whose measure in radians is equal to x.
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