secant

secant

See also: sécant

English

Etymology

From Latin secans, present participle of secare (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Related terms

• cosecant
• section
• sector

Translations

in geometry

Bulgarian: секателна f (sekatelna) Chinese: Mandarin: 割線／割线 (zh) (gēxiàn) Czech: sečna f Danish: sekant (da) c Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), sekantti (fi) German: Sekante (de) f Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa) Hindi: छेदक रेखा m (chedak rekhā) Hungarian: szelő (hu) Icelandic: sniðill m Ido: sekanto (io) Kannada: ಛೇದಕ (kn) (chēdaka) Polish: sieczna f Portuguese: secante (pt) f Punjabi: ਛੇਦਕ ਰੇਖਾ m (chedak rekhā) Romanian: secantă (ro) f Russian: секу́щая (ru) f (sekúščaja) Spanish: secante f Tagalog: tangab Thai: เส้นตัด Vietnamese: cát tuyến

in trigonometry

Afrikaans: sekans, sekanse pl Bulgarian: секанс m (sekans) Catalan: secant (ca) f Cebuano: kaliras Chinese: Mandarin: 正割 (zh) (zhènggē) Czech: sekans m Finnish: sekantti (fi) French: sécante (fr) f German: Sekans m Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa) Hungarian: szekáns (hu) Ido: sekanto (io) Italian: secante (it) f Japanese: セカント (sekanto) Khmer: សេកង់ (seekɑng) Polish: sekans (pl) m Portuguese: secante (pt) f Romanian: secantă (ro) f Russian: се́канс (ru) m (sékans) Spanish: secante f Tagalog: sekway Tamil: இணைச்செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (iṇaiccevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu) Thai: ซีแคนต์ Vietnamese: hàm sec

Adjective

secant (not comparable)

1. That cuts or divides.

Further reading

• secant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• secant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, stance

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin secans.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

secant f (plural secants)

1. (trigonometry) secant

Derived terms

• cosecant

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

secant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of secō

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sécant.

Noun

secant f (plural secanți)

1. secant

Declension

Declension of secant

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) secant	secan	(niște) secanți	secanțile
genitive/dative	(unei) secanți	secanții	(unor) secanți	secanților
vocative	—		—