cosecants
Meaning of cosecants
plural noun
the ratio of the hypotenuse (in a right-angled triangle) to the side opposite an acute angle; the reciprocal of sine.
early 18th century: from modern Latin cosecant-, from co- ‘mutually’ + Latin secant- ‘cutting’ (from the verb secare ). Compare with secant.
Information about cosecants
- It is a name.
- The singular form of cosecants is: cosecant.
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Hyphenation of cosecants
cose-cants
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- cosecants is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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