Meaning Of The Word Cosine

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cosine in American English
the reciprocal of the secant
noun: the ratio of the side adjacent to a given angle to the hypotenuse

cosine in British English
noun: a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the hypotenuse; the sine of the complement

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