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Cosecant
Co-se′cant
(k?-s?′k?nt)
, Noun.
[For
co. secans
, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans
.] (Trig.)
The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of
Functions
. Definition 2024
cosecant
cosecant
English
Noun
cosecant (plural cosecants)
- (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc
Translations
reciprocal of the sine function
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