secant (Meaning)

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secant (n)

a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Webster

secant (a.)

Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.

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 circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

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secant Sentence Examples

  1. The secant of an angle is defined as the ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side in a right triangle.
  2. In trigonometry, the secant function is the reciprocal of the cosine function.
  3. A secant line intersects a curve at two distinct points.
  4. The secant method is an iterative method for finding the roots of an equation.
  5. The secant of an arc is a line that intersects the arc at two points.
  6. The secant modulus of a ring is the greatest common divisor of the orders of all the elements in the ring.
  7. The secant hyperbola is a hyperbola whose asymptotes are the coordinate axes.
  8. The secant variety of a projective variety is the variety of lines that intersect the variety.
  9. The secant lines of a parabola form a pencil of lines.
  10. The secant of a unit circle is equal to the diameter.

FAQs About the word secant

a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points, ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangleCutting; divivding into tw

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The secant of an angle is defined as the ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side in a right triangle.

In trigonometry, the secant function is the reciprocal of the cosine function.

A secant line intersects a curve at two distinct points.

The secant method is an iterative method for finding the roots of an equation.