secant
pronunciation
How to pronounce secant in British English:
UK ['si:kənt]
How to pronounce secant in American English:
US ['sikənt]
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- Noun:
- a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
- ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Word Origin
- secant (n.)
- 1590s, from Latin secantem (nominative secans) "a cutting," present participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). First used by Danish mathematician Thomas Fincke in "Geometria Rotundi" (1583).
Example
- 1. Table 2 relations between axial stress and secant modulus .
- 2. When he viewed curved objects statically , he saw coarse tangent and secant line boundaries instead of smooth curvature .