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発音

• enPR: sē'kənt, IPA: /ˈsiːkənt/
• 韻: -iːkənt

名詞

secant (plural secants)

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

派生語

関連する語

• cosecant
• section
• sector

形容詞

secant (not comparable)

1. That cuts or divides.

派生語

Further reading

• “secant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “secant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

アナグラム

• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, stance