secant

From Latin secāns, present participle of secō (“to cut”).

• enPR: sē'kənt, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkənt/
• Rhymes: -iːkənt

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secant (plural secants)

1. (geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec

• hyperbolic secant
• secant method

• cosecant
• section
• sector

secant (not comparable)

1. That cuts or divides.

• “secant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “secant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, stance

Borrowed from Latin secantem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [səˈkan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [səˈkant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈkant]

secant f (plural secants)

1. (trigonometry) secant

• cosecant

• “secant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

secant

1. gerund of secar

secant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of secō

Borrowed from French sécant.

secant f (plural secanți)

1. secant