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cosine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cosine has 1 sense
- cosine(n = noun.linkdef) cos - ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle; Array is a kind of circular function, trigonometric function
CIDE DICTIONARY
cosine, n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.].
The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cosine, n. Math. the ratio of the side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle) to the hypotenuse.
Etymology
mod.L cosinus (as CO-, SINE)
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