secant

See also: sécant

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin secans, present participle of secare (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sē'kənt, IPA^(key): /ˈsiːkənt/

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 f
• Danish: sekant (da) c
• Finnish: leikkaaja (fi), sekantti (fi)
• German: Sekante (de) f
• Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa)
• Hungarian: szelő (hu)
• Ido: sekanto (io)
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• Polish: sieczna f
• Portuguese: secante (pt) f
• Romanian: secantă (ro) f
• Russian: секу́щая (ru) f (sekúščaja)
• Spanish: secante f
• Tagalog: tangab
• Thai: เส้นตัด

in trigonometry

• Afrikaans: sekans, sekanse pl
• Catalan: secant (ca) f
• Cebuano: kaliras
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正割 (zh) (zhènggē)

• Czech: sekans m
• Finnish: sekantti (fi)
• Greek: τέμνουσα (témnousa)
• Hungarian: szekáns (hu)
• Ido: sekanto (io)
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• Japanese: セカント (sekanto)
• Polish: sekans m
• Portuguese: secante (pt) f
• Romanian: secantă (ro) f
• Russian: се́канс (ru) m (sékans)
• Spanish: secante f
• Tagalog: sekway
• Tamil: இணைச்செவ்வளை நேர்மாற்று (iṇaiccevvaḷai nērmāṟṟu)
• Thai: ซีแคนต์

Adjective

secant (not comparable)

1. That cuts or divides.

Further reading

• “secant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “secant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ascent, casten, enacts, stance

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin secans.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

secant f (plural secants)

1. (trigonometry) secant

Derived terms

• cosecant

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) secant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of secō