"cosecant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoʊˌsiːkənt/ [US] Forms: cosecants [plural]
enPR: kō'sēkənt [US] Etymology: co- + secant Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|secant}} co- + secant Head templates: {{en-noun}} cosecant (plural cosecants)
  1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc Wikipedia link: cosecant Categories (topical): Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry Derived forms: arccosecant Translations (reciprocal of the sine function): kosekans (Afrikaans), kosekanse [plural] (Afrikaans), قَاطِعُ تَمَام (qāṭiʕu tamām) [masculine] (Arabic), cosecant [feminine] (Catalan), kaduhabok (Cebuano), 餘割 (Chinese Mandarin), 余割 (yúgē) (Chinese Mandarin), kosekans [masculine] (Czech), kosekantti (Finnish), cosécante [feminine] (French), Kosekans (German), συντέμνουσα (syntémnousa) [feminine] (Greek), koszekáns (Hungarian), kósekans [masculine] (Icelandic), kosekanto (Ido), cosecante [feminine] (Italian), 余割 (yokatsu) (alt: よかつ) (Japanese), コセカント (kosekanto) (Japanese), កូសេកង់ (kouseekɑng) (Khmer), co-secante [feminine] (Portuguese), cosecantă [feminine] (Romanian), косе́канс (kosɛ́kans) [masculine] (Russian), cosecante [feminine] (Spanish), kasekway (Tagalog), செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (cevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu) (Tamil), โคซีแคนต์ (Thai)

Inflected forms

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