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Secant

nounid 142578·updated May 18, 2026
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ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

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synonym
sec
plural
Secants
possessive
Secant's
pluralpossessive
Secants'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
§2
a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

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