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SECANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Synonyms:
sec; secant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("secant" is a kind of...):
circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("secant" is a kind of...):
straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature)
