Secant

[Se·cant]

A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

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Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

Noun
ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Noun
a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points


a.
Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

a.
A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.

a.
A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.


Secant

Se"cant , a. [L. secans, -antis, p.pr. of secare to cut. See Section.] Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

Secant

Secant, n. [Cf. F. s'82cante. See Secant, a.] 1. (Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points. 2. (Trig.) A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.

Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.

A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.

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