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ˈsi kænt, -kəntse·cant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. secantnoun

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

  2. secant, secnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. secantnoun

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

  2. secantnoun

    In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec

  3. Etymology: From secans, present participle of secare

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Secantnoun

    In geometry, the right line drawn from the centre of a circle, cutting and meeting with another line called the tangent without it. Dict.

    Etymology: secans, Latin; secan'e, Fr.

ChatGPT

  1. secant

    A secant is a line that intersects a curve or a circle at two or more points. In trigonometry, it is also the reciprocal of the cosine function. The term "secant" is derived from the Latin word "secare", meaning "to cut".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Secantadjective

    cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line

  2. Secantadjective

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

  3. Secantadjective

    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

  4. Etymology: [L. secans, -antis, p. pr. of secare to cut. See Section.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Secant

    sē′kant, adj. cutting: dividing.—n. a line that cuts another: a straight line from the centre of a circle to one extremity of an arc, produced till it meets the tangent to the other extremity.—n. Sē′cancy. [L. secans, secantis, pr.p. of secāre, to cut.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. secant

    A line drawn from the centre of a circle to the extremity of the tangent.

Anagrams for secant »

  1. ascent

  2. enacts

  3. stance

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of secant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of secant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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