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trigonometric function

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed sine).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, trigonometry

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: function

Narrower terms: cosine function, cotangent function, cosecant function, secant function, sine function, subsine function, tangent function

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noun

Meaning 2

function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: circular function

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: function, mathematical function, single-valued function, map, mapping

Narrower terms: sine, sin, arc sine, arcsine, arcsin, inverse sine, cosine, cos, arc cosine, arccosine, arccos, inverse cosine, tangent, tan, arc tangent, arctangent, arctan, inverse tangent, cotangent, cotan, arc cotangent, arccotangent, inverse cotangent, secant, sec, arc secant, arcsecant, arcsec, inverse secant, cosecant, cosec, arc cosecant, arccosecant, inverse cosecant

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: triqonometrik funksiya — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三角函數 /三角函数 (sānjiǎo hánshù) — Translations
  • Czech: goniometrická funkce — Translations
  • Czech: trigonometrická funkce — Translations
  • Danish: trigonometrisk funktion — Translations
  • Finnish: trigonometrinen funktio — Translations
  • French: fonction trigonométrique — Translations
  • German: trigonometrische Funktion — Translations
  • Greek: τριγωνομετρική συνάρτηση (trigonometrikí synártisi) — Translations
  • Hungarian: trigonometrikus függvény — Translations
  • Hungarian: szögfüggvény — Translations
  • Icelandic: hornafall — Translations
  • Italian: funzione trigonometrica — Translations
  • Japanese: 三角関数 (sankaku kansū) — Translations
  • Kazakh: тригонометриялық функция (trigonometriälyq funksiä) — Translations
  • Korean: 삼각함수 (samgakhamsu) — Translations
  • Macedonian: тригономе́триска фу́нкција (trigonométriska fúnkcija) — Translations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trigonometrisk funksjon — Translations
  • Polish: funkcja trygonometryczna — Translations
  • Portuguese: função trigonométrica — Translations
  • Romanian: funcție trigonometrică — Translations
  • Russian: тригонометри́ческая фу́нкция (trigonometríčeskaja fúnkcija) — Translations
  • Slovene: kotna funkcija — Translations
  • Slovene: trigonometrična funkcija — Translations
  • Spanish: función trigonométrica — Translations
  • Swedish: trigonometrisk funktion — Translations
  • Tagalog: tatsihaning kabisa — Translations
  • Turkish: trigonometrik fonksiyon — Translations