"secant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsiːkənt/
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, {{m|la|secō||to cut}} secō (“to cut”) 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/ 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, {{m|la|secō||to cut}} secō (“to cut”) 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)
    Sense id: en-secant-en-noun-MOvZWRu4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 50 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 64 34 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'in geometry': 57 43
  2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec Categories (topical): Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry
    Sense id: en-secant-en-noun-1YtkOArz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 50 48 Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: secant method Related terms: cosecant, section, sector Translations (in trigonometry): sekans (Afrikaans), sekanse [plural] (Afrikaans), 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)
Disambiguation of 'in trigonometry': 51 49

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "cosecant"
    },
    {
      "word": "section"
    },
    {
      "word": "sector"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "en:Geometry"
      ],
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        "A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points."
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        [
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          "geometry"
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        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
        ],
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "intersect",
          "intersect"
        ],
        [
          "curve",
          "curve"
        ],
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
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        "(geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Trigonometric functions",
        "en:Trigonometry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec"
      ],
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        [
          "trigonometry",
          "trigonometry"
        ],
        [
          "right triangle",
          "right triangle"
        ],
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          "reciprocal",
          "reciprocal"
        ],
        [
          "cosine",
          "cosine"
        ],
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
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          "sec",
          "sec"
        ]
      ],
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        "(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "trigonometry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːkənt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːkənt"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "sē'kənt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sekatelna",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секателна"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "割線"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēxiàn",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "割线"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sečna"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sekant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "leikkaaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "sekantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sekante"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "témnousa",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "τέμνουσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "chedak rekhā",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "छेदक रेखा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "szelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sniðill"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "sekanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "chēdaka",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "ಛೇದಕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sieczna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "chedak rekhā",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਛੇਦਕ ਰੇਖਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secantă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sekúščaja",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "секу́щая"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "tangab"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "เส้นตัด"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sičná",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "січна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in geometry",
      "word": "cát tuyến"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "sekans"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sekanse"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sekans",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "секанс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "kaliras"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhènggē",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "正割"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "sekantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sécante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sekans"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "témnousa",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "τέμνουσα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "szekáns"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "sekanto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sekanto",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "セカント"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "seekɑng",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "សេកង់"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sekans"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secantă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sékans",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "се́канс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "secante"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "sekway"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "iṇaiccevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "இணைச்செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "ซีแคนต์"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sékans",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "се́канс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in trigonometry",
      "word": "hàm sec"
    }
  ],
  "word": "secant"
}

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        "That cuts or divides."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsiːkənt/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːkənt"
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