SECANT
\sˈiːkənt], \sˈiːkənt], \s_ˈiː_k_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of SECANT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
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A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
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A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
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Cutting, especially into two parts.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Cutting: dividing into two parts.
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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.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald