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PRONUNCIATION OF EXSECANT

exsecant  [eksˈsiːkənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXSECANT

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Exsecant 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 EXSECANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Exsecant

The exsecant, also abbreviated exsec, is a trigonometric function defined in terms of the secant function sec: Once important in fields such as surveying, astronomy, and spherical trigonometry, the exsecant function is now little-used. Mainly, this is because the availability of calculators and computers has removed the need for trigonometric tables of specialized functions such as this one. A related function is the excosecant, the exsecant of the complementary angle: The reason to define a special function for the exsecant is similar to the rationale for the versine: for small angles θ, the sec function approaches one, and so using the above formula for the exsecant will involve the subtraction of two nearly equal quantities and exacerbate roundoff errors. Thus, a table of the secant function would need a very high accuracy to be used for the exsecant, making a specialized exsecant table useful. Even with a computer, floating point errors can be problematic for exsecants of small angles. A more accurate formula in this limit would be to use the identity: Prior to the availability of computers, this would require time-consuming multiplications.

Definition of exsecant in the English dictionary

The definition of exsecant in the dictionary is a trigonometric function related to the secant function.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXSECANT


applicant
ˈæplɪkənt
clinquant
ˈklɪŋkənt
communicant
kəˈmjuːnɪkənt
coruscant
kɒˈrʌskənt
cosecant
kəʊˈsiːkənt
dedicant
ˈdɛdɪkənt
desiccant
ˈdɛsɪkənt
fabricant
ˈfæbrɪkənt
indicant
ˈɪndɪkənt
insignificant
ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
intoxicant
ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt
lubricant
ˈluːbrɪkənt
mendicant
ˈmɛndɪkənt
nonsignificant
ˌnɒnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
piquant
ˈpiːkənt
secant
ˈsiːkənt
significant
sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
supplicant
ˈsʌplɪkənt
toxicant
ˈtɒksɪkənt
vacant
ˈveɪkənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXSECANT

exsanguinate
exsanguination
exsanguine
exsanguineous
exsanguinity
exsanguinous
exscind
exsect
exsection
exsert
exserted
exsertile
exsertion
exsiccant
exsiccate
exsiccation
exsiccative
exsiccator
exsolution
exstipulate

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXSECANT

abdicant
Alacant
alicant
cant
complicant
decant
descant
discant
hyperbolic cosecant
hyperbolic secant
incant
job applicant
predicant
prejudicant
provocant
recant
scant
Tradescant
urticant
vesicant

Synonyms and antonyms of exsecant in the English dictionary of synonyms

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exsecant
380 millions of speakers
ar

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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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Exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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Exsecant
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vi

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exsecant
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exsecant
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निर्जीव
75 millions of speakers

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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
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exsecant
15 millions of speakers
af

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exsecant
14 millions of speakers
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exsecant
10 millions of speakers
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exsecant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of exsecant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXSECANT»

The term «exsecant» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXSECANT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXSECANT»

Discover the use of exsecant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to exsecant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Defending Copernicus and Galileo: Critical Reasoning in the ...
Such a tangent is as much longer than the exsecant as the longer of the two original lines was longer than the other. To reverse the process, we can think of it this way. Take any circle with a tangent at some point in the circumference.
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 2010
2
Galileo on the World Systems: A New Abridged Translation and ...
Galileo's word is segante (meaning secant), but he clearly intends exsecant; an exsecant is denned as the part of a secant external to the circle and thus between the circumference and the tangent. Salviati's previous speech is clear in this ...
Galileo Galilei, Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 1997
3
The Routledge Guidebook to Galileo's Dialogue
He follows three lines of reasoning: as one approaches the point of tangency, (1) the ratio of an exsecant to the ... toward zero; and (3) also tending to zero is the ratio of one exsecant to another at twice its distance from the point of tangency.
Maurice A. Finocchiaro, 2013
4
Versine: Trigonometric Functions, Mathematics, Function ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In mathematics, the trigonometric functions (also called circular functions) are functions of an angle.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
5
Site Surveying and Levelling
ED+R 0L :sec— R 2 ED+R=Rsec 0'— 2 (X ED=Rsec—2——R 0t ED: R(sec~2— — 1) Note: The quantity (sec or — 1) is a function termed the exsecant of angle a. Since sec at equals 1 C05 Oi the use of either exsecant or cosine tables is ...
John Clancy, 1991
6
Computational Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft and the ...
... versin exsec c s c c ot tan sec excsc coversin Figure 3.8 Trigonometric functions. The exsecant of the complementary angle is the excosecant: excscy1⁄ 4exsecp2. 70 Computational Modelling and Simulation of Aircraft and the Environment.
Dominic J. Diston, 2009
7
Engineering Mathematics and Statistics: Pocket Handbook
Function cot a sec a esc a ± Vl + cot2 a esc a sec a sec a csc a cot a ± Vcsc2 a — 1 sec a ± v 1 + cot2 a , ~ esc a VERSINE, COVERSINE, HAVERSINE, EXSECANT The above are calculated by the following formulas: 1. versine ( versed sine) ...
Nicholas P. Cheremisinoff, Louise Ferrante, 1989
8
The Facts on File Geometry Handbook
... b > 0. exponential growth A process modeled by the equation y = aebx, with a and b constant, b > 0. exradius The radius of an EXCIRCLE. exsecant For angle A, the exsecant is sec A –1. extended Euclidean plane The EUCLIDEAN PLANE  ...
Catherine A. Gorini, 2009
9
CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition
Exsecant Extended Real Number (A/fine) 991 Some fascinating FORMULAS due to Feuerbach are (7) (8) (9) (Johnson 1929, pp. 190-91). See also CIRCLE, CIRCUMRADIUS, EXCIRCLE, INRADIUS, RADIUS References Johnson, R. A. ...
Eric W. Weisstein, 2002
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Roads and Road Construction: A Monthly Record of Road ...
1 ransposing r 400 D a n F _l_ M this expression we get L = 7^- and as D = £ -)- ivi = 2 E then L 800 E AD AD this expression would enable us to determine the length of curve necessary to give any desired exsecant (see the left hand figure of ...

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXSECANT»

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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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