cosine

Etymology

co- + sine, short for complementi sinus in Latin, meaning “sine of the complement”. Doublet of cosinus.

noun

  1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos

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