trigonometry

English

Etymology

From New Latin trigonometria, from Ancient Greek τρίγωνον (trigōnon, “triangle”) + -metria (“-metry”).

Noun

Wikipedia trigonometry (countable and uncountable; plural trigonometries)

1. (mathematics) The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and the angles of triangles and the calculations based on them, particularly the trigonometric functions.

Related terms

• geometry
• trigon
• trigonometric
• trigonometrist

Translations

branch of mathematics

Arabic: علم المثلثات (ar) (3ilm al-muthalathaat) m. Armenian: եռանկյունաչափություն (hy) (eṙankyunačap’ut’yun) Catalan: trigonometria (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 三角法 (zh) (sānjiǎofǎ) Czech: trigonometrie (cs) f. Esperanto: trigonometrio (eo) Finnish: trigonometria (fi) French: trigonométrie (fr) f. Galician: trigonometría (gl) f. German: Trigonometrie (de) f. Hindi: त्रिकोणमिति (hi) (trikoṇamiti) f. Irish: triantánacht Italian: trigonometria (it) f.

Japanese: 三角法 (ja) (さんかくほう, sankakuhō) Korean: 삼각법 (ko) (samgakbeop) (三角法 (ko)) Macedonian: тригонометрија (mk) (trigonométrija) f. Persian: مثلثات (fa) (mosalasat) Polish: trygonometria (pl) f. Portuguese: trigonometria (pt) f. Russian: тригонометрия (ru) (trigonométrija) f. Spanish: trigonometría (es) f. Swedish: trigonometri (sv) c. Tagalog: tatsihan (tl) Telugu: త్రికోణమితి (trikONamiti). Thai: ตรีโกณมิติ (th) (dtreegohnmídtì) Turkish: trigonometri (tr) Vietnamese: lượng giác học (vi)