English-Thai Dictionary

secant

N อัตราส่วน ของ ด้าน ตรงข้าม มุมฉาก กับ ด้าน ที่ ติดกับ มุม ที่ กำหนด ให้ ใน สามเหลี่ยมมุมฉาก (ทาง ตรีโกณ มิติ  ad-tra-suan-kong-dan-trong-kan-kam-mum

 

secant

N เส้น ที่ ลาก ตัด เส้นโค้ง ที่2จุด หรือ มากกว่า2จุด (ทาง เรขาค ณิต  sen-ti-lak-tad-sen-kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SECANT

a.[L. secans, seco, to cut or cut off, coinciding with Eng. saw. ] Cutting; dividing into two parts.

 

SECANT

n. 1. In geometry, a line that cuts another, or divides it into parts. The secant of a circle is a line drawn from the circumference on one side, to a point without the circumference on the other, In trigonometry, a secant is a right line drawn from the center of a circle, which, cutting the circumference, proceeds till it meets with a tangent to the same circle.
2. In trigonometry, the secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the center through one end of the arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn through the other end.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SECANT

Se "cant, a. Etym: [L. secans, -antis, p.pr. of secare to cut. See Section. ]

 

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

 

SECANT

Secant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sécante. See Secant, a.]

 

1. (Geom.)

 

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

 

2. (Trig. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

secant

se cant |ˈsēˌkant, -kənt ˈsikænt | ▶noun 1 (abbr.: sec ) Mathematics the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle ); the reciprocal of a cosine. 2 Geometry a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French sécante, based on Latin secare ‘to cut. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

secant

secant |ˈsiːk (ə )nt, ˈsɛk -| ▶noun 1 (abbrev.: sec ) Mathematics the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle ); the reciprocal of a cosine. 2 Geometry a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts. ORIGIN late 16th cent.; from French sécante, based on Latin secare ‘to cut ’.

 

Spanish Dictionary

secante

secante 1 adjetivo /nombre masculino 1 [cosa ] Que seca o puede secar :papel secante; cuando escribo con pluma, seco la tinta con un secante .2 nombre masculino Papel secante .3 nombre común dep Jugador que intercepta el juego de un contrario .ETIMOLOGÍA Derivado de secar .

 

secante

secante 2 adjetivo /nombre femenino 1 mat [línea, plano ] Que corta a otra línea o plano :circunferencias secantes .2 nombre femenino mat Razón trigonométrica de un ángulo equivalente a la inversa del coseno del mismo ángulo; se representa por sec α .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xix ) del latín secans, secantis ‘línea que corta ’. De la familia etimológica de segar (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

secant

se cant /síːk (ə )nt, -kæ̀nt |-kənt / (!〘数 〙) 形容詞 切る, 交差する .名詞 C 割線 ; (三角関数の )セカント, 正割 .