"secant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːkənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-secant.wav
enPR: sē'kənt Rhymes: -iːkənt Etymology: From Latin secāns, present participle of secō (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{der|en|la|secāns}} Latin secāns Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} secant (not comparable)
  1. That cuts or divides. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-secant-en-adj-XtP7wapx

Noun

IPA: /ˈsiːkənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-secant.wav Forms: secants [plural]
enPR: sē'kənt Rhymes: -iːkənt Etymology: From Latin secāns, present participle of secō (“to cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{der|en|la|secāns}} Latin secāns Head templates: {{en-noun}} secant (plural secants)
  1. (geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (in geometry): секателна (sekatelna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 割線 (Chinese Mandarin), 割线 (gēxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), sečna [feminine] (Czech), sekant [common-gender] (Danish), leikkaaja (Finnish), sekantti (Finnish), Sekante [feminine] (German), τέμνουσα (témnousa) (Greek), छेदक रेखा (chedak rekhā) [masculine] (Hindi), szelő (Hungarian), sniðill [masculine] (Icelandic), sekanto (Ido), ಛೇದಕ (chēdaka) (Kannada), sieczna [feminine] (Polish), secante [feminine] (Portuguese), ਛੇਦਕ ਰੇਖਾ (chedak rekhā) [masculine] (Punjabi), secantă [feminine] (Romanian), секу́щая (sekúščaja) [feminine] (Russian), secante [feminine] (Spanish), tangab (Tagalog), เส้นตัด (Thai), січна́ (sičná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cát tuyến (Vietnamese)
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  2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec Categories (topical): Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry Translations (in trigonometry): sekans (Afrikaans), sekanse [plural] (Afrikaans), قَاطِع (qāṭiʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), секанс (sekans) [masculine] (Bulgarian), secant [feminine] (Catalan), kaliras (Cebuano), 正割 (zhènggē) (Chinese Mandarin), sekans [masculine] (Czech), sekantti (Finnish), sécante [feminine] (French), Sekans [masculine] (German), τέμνουσα (témnousa) (Greek), szekáns (Hungarian), sekanto (Ido), secante [feminine] (Italian), セカント (sekanto) (Japanese), សេកង់ (seekɑng) (Khmer), sekans [masculine] (Polish), secante [feminine] (Portuguese), secantă [feminine] (Romanian), се́канс (sékans) [masculine] (Russian), secante [feminine] (Spanish), sekway (Tagalog), இணைச்செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (iṇaiccevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu) (Tamil), ซีแคนต์ (Thai), се́канс (sékans) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hàm sec (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-secant-en-noun-1YtkOArz Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry Disambiguation of 'in trigonometry': 10 90
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Derived forms: secant method Related terms: cosecant, section, sector

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "That cuts or divides."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "sē'kənt"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːkənt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkənt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-secant.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-secant.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-secant.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "secant"
}

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