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noun ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English secant English cosecant From co- + secant.
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