cosine
pronunciation
How to pronounce cosine in British English:
UK [ˈkəʊsaɪn]
How to pronounce cosine in American English:
US [ˈkoʊsaɪn]
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- Noun:
- ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
Word Origin
- cosine (n.)
- 1630s, from co. sinus, abbreviation of Medieval Latin complementi sinus (see complement + sine).
Example
- 1. I am a statistician a " cosine academic " should you find the expression amusing .
- 2. High school has to study 4 sines , cosine function image basis exercise class .
- 3. Click the cell in your document that contains the value for which you want to find the cosine . You can also type the cell reference into the box below .
- 4. Difference analysis on twenty six chemical constituents and seventy eight aroma components between flue-cured tobacco cultivars from yunnan and zimbabwei were carried out by using the methods of included angel cosine , principal component analysis and partial least-squares analysis .