1590s, from Latin secantem (nominative secans) "a cutting," present participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). First used by Danish mathematician Thomas Fincke in "Geometria Rotundi" (1583).
双语例句
1. The value of the complement of the secant is called the cosecant.
正割函数的倒数，称为余割函数。
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2. A secant is defined as line passing through two points of the curve.
割线的定义是一条通过曲线上两点的直线.
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3. The pulse envelope we obtained is a hy - perbolic secant function of time.
所得脉冲包络为时间的双曲正割函数.
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4. This paper mainly deals with the secant method used on stiffness matrix.
主要说明割线法在刚度矩阵上的应用.
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5. The slope of secant drawn from the origin through the point is the average function.
