secant

See also: sécant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkənt/

Noun

secant (plural secants)

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

Related terms

Translations

in geometry

Czech: sečna f
Danish: sekant (da) c
Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), sekantti (fi)
German: Sekante (de) f
Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa)
Hungarian: szelő
Polish: sieczna f

Portuguese: secante (pt) f
Romanian: secantă (ro) f
Russian: секу́щая (ru) f (sekúščaja)
Spanish: secante f
Tagalog: tangab
Thai: เส้นตัด

in trigonometry

Afrikaans: sekans, sekanse pl
Catalan: secant (ca) f
Cebuano: kaliras
Chinese:
Mandarin: 正割 (zh) (zhènggē)
Czech: sekans m
Finnish: sekantti (fi)
Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa)
Hungarian: szekáns (hu)

Japanese: セカント (sekanto)
Polish: sekans 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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

ascent, casten, enacts, stance

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin secans.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /səˈkant/

(Central) IPA^(key): /səˈkan/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /seˈkant/

Noun

secant f (plural secants)

(trigonometry) secant

Derived terms

cosecant

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

secant

third-person plural present active indicative of secō

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