Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See
Illust. offunctions .
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- noun trigonometry The
trigonometric function 1 − sin(x).
Etymologies
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From contraction of complement + versed sine.
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