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In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosec
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trigonometric function, circular function
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English secant English cosecant From co- + secant.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kosekans
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Afrikaans:
kosekanse
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Arabic:
قَاطِعُ تَمَام
(qāṭiʕu tamām)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Catalan:
cosecant
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Cebuano:
kaduhabok
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Chinese Mandarin:
餘割 /余割
(yúgē)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Czech:
kosekans
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Finnish:
kosekantti
— reciprocal of the sine function
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French:
cosécante
— reciprocal of the sine function
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German:
Kosekans
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Greek:
συντέμνουσα
(syntémnousa)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Hungarian:
koszekáns
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Icelandic:
kósekans
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Ido:
kosekanto
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Italian:
cosecante
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Japanese:
余割
(yokatsu)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Japanese:
コセカント
(kosekanto)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Khmer:
កូសេកង់
(kouseekɑng)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Portuguese:
co-secante
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Romanian:
cosecantă
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Russian:
косе́канс
(kosɛ́kans)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Spanish:
cosecante
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Tagalog:
kasekway
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Tamil:
செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று
(cevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu)
— reciprocal of the sine function
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Thai:
โคซีแคนต์
— reciprocal of the sine function