Secant - traducción al español
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Secant (disambiguation); Secant functions
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* papel secante = blotting paper.
* papel secante = blotting paper.
secante
siccative, drying, causing the absorption of moisture (about a substance)
Definición
secant
['si:k(?)nt, 's?k-]
¦ noun
1. Mathematics the ratio of the hypotenuse (in a right-angled triangle) to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle.
2. Geometry a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.
Origin
C16; from Fr. secante, based on L. secare 'to cut'.
Wikipedia
Secant
Secant is a term in mathematics derived from the Latin secare ("to cut"). It may refer to:
- a secant line, in geometry
- the secant variety, in algebraic geometry
- secant (trigonometry) (Latin: secans), the multiplicative inverse (or reciprocal) trigonometric function of the cosine
- the secant method, a root-finding algorithm in numerical analysis, based on secant lines to graphs of functions
- a secant ogive in nose cone design
Ejemplos de uso de Secant
1. And last year, when an MIT official wrote on an admissions blog that it probably wouldn‘t work out then either, he was greeted with disappointment. Pi Day seems so romantic,‘‘ one prospective student wrote.) There‘s a popular chant, an MIT rallying cry, that includes 3.1415'.‘‘ (It rhymes with Cosine, secant, tangent, sine!‘‘ And Bryan Owens, an MIT senior, says the ability to recite pi is a sort of bragging right, a coin of the realm. It‘s like how much money you have,‘‘ he says. But you never win.