secants in English

noun
1
the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.
The secant of this angle is 1.61806 which is remarkably close to the golden ratio 1.618034.
2
a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.
Note that the air mass is approximately equal to the secant of the zenith angle (that angle from directly overhead to a line intersecting the sun).
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1. The tables of logarithms of sines, secants, and tangents were also required for the purposes of navigation.

2. ‘The first tabulates logarithms of the sine, cosine, tangent and Cotangent functions at 1 intervals and shows how to solve triangles using logarithmic functions.’ ‘I can't tell the difference between radians, tangents, Cotangents, secants, etc.’ ‘Since we want the Cotangent, just take the reciprocal to solve.’

3. ‘The first tabulates logarithms of the sine, cosine, tangent and Cotangent functions at 1 intervals and shows how to solve triangles using logarithmic functions.’ ‘I can't tell the difference between radians, tangents, Cotangents, secants, etc.’ ‘Since we want the Cotangent, just take the reciprocal to solve.’