trigonometry
pronunciation
How to pronounce trigonometry in British English:
UK [ˌtrɪɡəˈnɒmətri]
How to pronounce trigonometry in American English:
US [ˌtrɪɡəˈnɑːmətri]
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- Noun:
- the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions
Word Origin
- trigonometry (n.)
- "branch of mathematics that deals with relations between sides and angles of triangles," 1610s, from Modern Latin trigonometria (Barthelemi Pitiscus, 1595), from Greek trigonon "triangle" (from tri- "three" (see tri-) + gonia "angle" (see -gon)) + metron "a measure" (see meter (n.2)).
Example
- 1. Trigonometry he had not even attempted .
- 2. I 've seen people post calculus and trigonometry equations and get them solved fairly quickly !
- 3. The climax of this work was the development of trigonometry .
- 4. Learn some statistics high school mathematics curriculums spend too much time on traditional topics like euclidean geometry and trigonometry .
- 5. In an earlier era , when many people were involved in surveying land , it made sense to require that almost every student entering a top college know something of trigonometry .