secant

English

Etymology

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

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

• Czech: sečna (cs) f
• Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), sekantti (fi)
• German: Sekante (de) f
• Greek: τέμνουσα (el) (témnousa) (témnousa)
• Polish: sieczna (pl) f

• Portuguese: secante (pt) f
• Romanian: secantă (ro) f
• Russian: секущая (ru) (sekúščaja) f
• Spanish: secante (es) f

in trigonometry

• Afrikaans: sekans (af), sekanse (af) pl
• Czech: sekans (cs) m
• Finnish: sekantti (fi)
• Greek: τέμνουσα (el) (témnousa) (témnousa)
• Japanese: セカント (ja) (sekanto)
• Polish: sekans (pl) m
• Portuguese: secante (pt) f

• Romanian: secantă (ro) f
• Russian: секанс (ru) (sékans) m
• Spanish: secante (es) f
• Tamil: இணைச்செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (ta) (iNaichchevvaLai nErmATru)

External links

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

Anagrams

• ascent
• enacts
• stance

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Latin

Verb

secant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of secō