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PRONUNCIATION OF COVERSINE

coversine  [ˈkəʊvɜːˌsaɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COVERSINE

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coversine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COVERSINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Versine

The versine or versed sine, versin, is a trigonometric function equal to 1 − cos and 2sin2. It appeared in some of the earliest trigonometric tables and was once widespread, but it is now little-used. There are several related functions, most notably the haversine, half the versine, known in the haversine formula of navigation. It is also written as vers or ver. In Latin, it is known as the sinus versus or the sagitta.

Definition of coversine in the English dictionary

The definition of coversine in the dictionary is the coversed sine in trigonometry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COVERSINE


arcsin
ˈɑːkˌsaɪn
arcsine
ˈɑːkˌsaɪn
assign
əˈsaɪn
calycine
ˈkælɪˌsaɪn
colicine
ˈkɒlɪˌsaɪn
cosine
ˈkəʊˌsaɪn
countersign
ˈkaʊntəˌsaɪn
culicine
ˈkjuːlɪˌsaɪn
ensign
ˈɛnsaɪn
haversine
ˈhævəˌsaɪn
inosine
ˈɪnəˌsaɪn
limacine
ˈlɪməˌsaɪn
picine
ˈpaɪˌsaɪn
piscine
ˈpɪsaɪn
psittacine
ˈsɪtəˌsaɪn
sign
saɪn
sine
saɪn
soricine
ˈsɒrɪˌsaɪn
syn
saɪn
thylacine
ˈθaɪləˌsaɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COVERSINE

covered
covered market
covered wagon
coverer
covering
covering fire
covering letter
coverless
coverlet
Coverley
covermount
covers
coversed sine
covert
covert cloth
covert coat
covertly
covertness
coverture

WORDS THAT END LIKE COVERSINE

adenosine
arsine
batterie de cuisine
brankursine
cuisine
cytosine
draisine
guanosine
haute cuisine
limousine
lysine
polylysine
rusine
sphingosine
stretch limousine
subursine
tetramethyldiarsine
tyrosine
ursine
versine

Synonyms and antonyms of coversine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coversine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COVERSINE

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Translator English - Chinese

coversine
1,325 millions of speakers

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coversine
570 millions of speakers

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coversine
510 millions of speakers

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coversine
380 millions of speakers
ar

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coversine
280 millions of speakers

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coversine
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coversine
270 millions of speakers

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coversine
260 millions of speakers

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coversine
220 millions of speakers

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Coverine
190 millions of speakers

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coversine
180 millions of speakers

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coversine
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coversine
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coversine
85 millions of speakers
vi

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coversine
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Translator English - Tamil

coversine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

coversine
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

coversine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

coversine
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

coversine
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

coversine
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

coversine
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

coversine
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Translator English - Swedish

coversine
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

coversine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coversine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERSINE»

The term «coversine» is used very little and occupies the 159.977 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COVERSINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coversine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COVERSINE»

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The practice of engineering field work, applied to land, ...
The coversine of an arc, or of the angle subtended by it, is to the complement that which the versine is to the given angle ; thus A E is the coversine of the angle DOB, and it is the versine of the complementary angle A O D. The coversine of an  ...
W. Davis Haskoll, 1858
2
The Practice of Engineering Field Work, Applied to Land, ...
Example—Let the given angle be 11 degrees and 27 minutes, then the proportions will stand thus :— Radius = 1, sine '1985, coversine = 8015, cosecant = 503746, tangent = '2025, cotangent = 493720, secant = 102030, &c. Again, let the ...
W. Davis HASKOLL, 1858
3
A manual of logarithms and practical mathematics
The sine, versine, tangent, and secant of the complement of an arc or angle, are ca2«d the cosine, coversine, cotangent, and cosecant of the arc or angle. Thus BH nr CG is the cosine of AB or ACB, DH is its coversine, DK its cotangent, and CK ...
James Trotter (arithmetician.), 1841
4
Land and marine surveying
The coversine of an arc is the versine of the complement of that arc. cm is the coversine of the angle aob, and nb the coversine of the angle aom. The chord of an arc is a right line joining the two extremities of that arc, as ad. The above belong ...
William Davis Haskoll, 1868
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Land and Marine Surveying in Reference to the Preparation of ...
The coversine of an arc is the versine of the complement of that arc. cm is the coversine of the angle aob, and nb the coversine of the angle aom. The chord of an arc is a right line joining the two extremities of that arc, as ad. The above belong ...
William Davis Haskoll, 1868
6
Ranging curves and setting out Railway works; with a ...
The cotangent, the cosecant, the cosine, and the coversine of an' angle, bear the same relations to the complement that the tangent, secant, sine, and versine bear to the angle itself. In the same figure let the curve Aa equal .the curve AB, and ...
W. Davis HASKOLL, 1860
7
Elements of trigonometry with logarithmic and other tables
Between 00 and 3600 there are always two positive angles which correspond to each possible coversed-sine. 47. Variation of the Coversed.sine as the Angle Changes. The coversine varies directly with the distance of the 900 point from the  ...
Henry Hunt Ludlow, Edgar Wales Bass, 1891
8
Examples in alternating-currents ...
If the given angle is greater than 90° and is denoted by /3, in figure (c) is shown its sine, tangent, secant and versine, in wide lines; while in figure (d) is shown its cosine, cotangent, cosecant and coversine in wide lines. The various functions ...
Frank Eugene Austin, 1916
9
Irrigation Engineering
erally varying from 1.5 to 2.0 [C = constant = 2.0,  = sin–1 (S/W) that is, inclination of the Where, W=width of approach chamber, k = 1 2 × coversine  1 6 a constant gen- C coversine  W = k (S × du/Ha) (iii) Width of approach chamber,  ...
R. K. Sharma, T. K. Sharma, 2008
10
A Treatise on Plane Trigonometry
... coversine written coversin A; these are defined by the equations versin A = l— cos A, coversin A = 1 — sin A. The versine and coversine are used very little in theoretical investigations, but the versine occurs very frequently in the formulae ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COVERSINE»

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10 Secret Trig Functions Your Math Teachers Never Taught You
The versine is in green next to the cosine, and the exsecant is in pink to the right of the versine. Excosecant and coversine are also in the image ... «Scientific American, Sep 13»

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