Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A trigonometric function of an angle equal to one minus the cosine of that angle.
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- noun trigonometry The
trigonometric function 1 − cos(x).
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Translation of New Latin sinus versus : sinus, sine + Latin versus, past participle of vertere, to turn.]
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From New Latin sinus versus ("flipped sine"); the sine function being sometimes called sinus rectus.
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