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Sectant vs Secant - What's the difference?

sectant | secant |

As a noun sectant

is one of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.

As an adjective secant is

intersecting.

sectant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes.
  • (crystallography) One of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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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