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Secant vs Cos - What's the difference?

secant | cos |

As nouns the difference between secant and cos

is that secant is a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points while cos is a variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.

As a conjunction cos is

because.

As a proper noun Cos is

an island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

secant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
  • (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec

    • Related terms

    * cosecant * section * sector

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    cos

    Translingual

    Symbol

    (head)
  • a symbol of the trigonometric function cosine.
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