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Cosine vs Coine - What's the difference?

cosine | coine |

As nouns the difference between cosine and coine

is that cosine is (trigonometry) in a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse symbol: cos while coine is .

cosine

English

(wikipedia cosine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos

    • Usage notes

    In various branches of mathematics, the cosine of an angle is determined in various ways, including the following: * The x''-coordinate]] of the point on the unit circle at the given anticlockwise angle from the [[x-axis, ''x -axis. * The sum of the real or complex power series

         \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{(-1)^n x^{2n}}{(2n)!} = 1 - {x^2 \over 2} + {x^4 \over 24} - {x^6 \over 720} + {x^8 \over 40320} - \cdots

    where x is in radians.

    Related terms

    * arccosine * sine

    See also

    * power series * secant * tangent * trigonometry

    Anagrams

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    coine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1590, author=, title=Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, chapter=, edition=1921 ed. citation
    • , passage=XXVII And greedy Avarice by him did ride, 235 Upon a Camell[*] loaden all with gold; Two iron coffers hong on either side, With precious mettall full as they might hold; And in his lap an heape of coine he told; For of his wicked pelfe his God he made, 240 And unto hell him selfe for money sold; Accursed usurie was all his trade, And right and wrong ylike in equall ballaunce waide. }} ----