cosecant

cosecant

English

Etymology

co- +‎ secant

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kō'sēkənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊˌsiːkənt/

Noun

cosecant (plural cosecants)

1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc

Translations

reciprocal of the sine function

Afrikaans: kosekans, kosekanse pl Catalan: cosecant f Cebuano: kaduhabok Chinese: Mandarin: 餘割／余割, 余割 (zh) (yúgē) Czech: kosekans m Finnish: kosekantti French: cosécante (fr) f German: Kosekans Greek: συντέμνουσα f (syntémnousa) Hungarian: koszekáns (hu) Icelandic: kósekans m Ido: kosekanto (io) Italian: cosecante (it) f Japanese: 余割 (よかつ, yokatsu), コセカント (kosekanto) Khmer: កូសេកង់ (kouseekɑng) Portuguese: co-secante (pt) f Romanian: cosecantă (ro) f Russian: косе́канс (ru) m (kosɛ́kans) Spanish: cosecante f Tagalog: kasekway Tamil: செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (cevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu) Thai: โคซีแคนต์

Anagrams

• coenacts, nectosac

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Catalan

Etymology

co- +‎ secant

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko.səˈkant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku.səˈkan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko.seˈkant/

Noun

cosecant f (plural cosecants)

1. (trigonometry) cosecant

Further reading

• “cosecant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.