Definition of secant Secant

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We found 10 definitions of secant from 6 different sources.

What does secant mean?

Noun Plural: secants
secant - ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
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secant - a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

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

secant (a.)
Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
secant (a.)
A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
secant (a.)
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.

secant
sē′kant, adj. cutting: dividing.—n. 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.—n. Sē′cancy. [L. secans, secantis, pr.p. of secāre, to cut.]

secant
A line drawn from the centre of a circle to the extremity of the tangent.

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secant in sign language