Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Secant \Se"cant\ (s[=e]"k[a^]nt), a. [L. secans, -antis, p. pr.
of secare to cut. See {Section}.]
Cutting; dividing into two parts; as, a secant line.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Secant \Secant\, n. [Cf. F. s['e]cante. See {Secant}, a.]
1. (Geom.) A line that cuts another; especially, a straight
line cutting a curve in two or more points.
[1913 Webster]
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 of this line to the radius of the circle. See
{Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
secant
n 1: a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more
points
2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-
angled triangle [syn: {secant}, {sec}]
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