"arcsecant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: arcsecants [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English secant English arcsecant From arc- + secant. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|arc-|secant|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English secant English arcsecant [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂erkʷ-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂erkʷos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*arkuos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "arcus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "arc-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "secant", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "arcsecant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="arcsecant"> From arc- + secant. Head templates: {{en-noun}} arcsecant (plural arcsecants)
  1. (trigonometry) function that is the compositional inverse of the secant function. Symbol: arcsec Translations (arcsecant): arcosecante [feminine] (Asturian), arc secant [feminine] (Catalan), arcsécante [feminine] (French), arco secante [feminine] (Galician), arcosecante [feminine] (Italian), arco-secante [feminine] (Portuguese), arcosecante [feminine] (Spanish)

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