Crossword clues for cosecant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cosecant \Co*se"cant\ (k?-s?"k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1706, from co, short for complement, + secant.
Wiktionary
n. (context trigonometry English) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc
WordNet
n. ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle [syn: cosec]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "cosecant".
She then applied the plane generated by taking the seventh angle cosecant of a trisected cone that had been created from a five dimensionally rotated equilateral right triangle-impossible without awareness of ireality mathematics-and then combined the resulting geometric paradox to the chronowarp.
Seated at the same table as herself was a skilful sailor, using logarithms, secants and cosecants, polar distances and hour angles, as if he were in some university class-room.
Remotely he heard the boy tell the nature of a secant, a cosecant, a tangent and cotangent, a sine and its fellow.
The next morning the blackboard was present, fixed by thumbscrews within easy reach of the Captain's hand, and from it the boys were taught, with words and diagrams, the nature of sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant and cosecant, the relations between them, and their value in helping to find your position in a prodigious ocean, no shore, no landmark for ten thousand miles.