Dutch Meaning of secant

secante

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Definitions and Meaning of secant in English

Wordnet

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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secante

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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secancy => droogte, secale cereale => rogge, secale => rogge, sec => seconde, sebum => talg,