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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cosine
(in a right triangle) the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse.

2. cosine
the sine of the complement of a given angle or arc.

Etymology: (1625–35; < NL cosinus. See co -, sine)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cosine, cos
ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) COSINE
the sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions

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