cosecant

English

Etymology

co- +‎ secant

Pronunciation

• enPR: kō'sēkənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊˌsiːkənt/

Noun

cosecant (plural cosecants)

1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the sine of an angle. Symbols: cosec, csc

Translations

reciprocal of the sine function

• Afrikaans: kosekans, kosekanse pl
• Catalan: cosecant f
• Cebuano: kaduhabok
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餘割／余割 (yúgē), 余割 (zh) (yúgē)

• Czech: kosekans m
• Finnish: kosekantti
• French: cosécante (fr) f
• German: Kosekans
• Greek: συντέμνουσα f (syntémnousa)
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• Hungarian: koszekáns (hu)
• Ido: kosekanto (io)
• Japanese: 余割 (よかつ, yokatsu), コセカント (kosekanto)
• Portuguese: co-secante (pt) f
• Romanian: cosecantă (ro) f
• Russian: косе́канс (ru) m (kosɛ́kans)
• Spanish: cosecante f
• Tagalog: kasekway
• Tamil: செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (cevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu)
• Thai: โคซีแคนต์

Anagrams

• coenacts, nectosac

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Catalan

Etymology

co- +‎ secant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.səˈkan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.səˈkant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.seˈkant]

Noun

cosecant f (plural cosecants)

1. (trigonometry) cosecant

Further reading

• “cosecant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.