 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1862 - 410 pages
...through the other extremity and the centre of the circle. Thus, AC is the tangent of the arc AB. 10. The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre...other extremity. Thus, OC is the secant of the arc AB. 11. The four lines, BD, OD, AC, OC, depend for their values on the arc AB and the radius OA ; they... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1863 - 436 pages
...between the foot of the sine and centre- Thus, OD is the cosine of the arc ABTRIQONOMETRrDef1n1tions 27 The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circla through one extremity of the arc, and limited by the tangent passing through the other extremity-... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1864 - 358 pages
...ABTRIGONOMETRY-- Definitlon s27 The secant of an a~c is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through out extremity of the arc, and limited by the tangent passing through the other extremity- Thus, 00 is the secant of the arc AB28 The four lines, BD, OD, AC, OC, depend for then values on the arc... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...tangent is the limiting position of a secant when twopoints of intersection coincide. In Trigonometry, the secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through one of the extremities of the arc to meet the tangent at the other extremity. The secant of an angle is... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1867 - 1090 pages
...limiting position of a secant when two points of intersection coincide. In Trigonometry, the tecmt of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through one of the extremili'-s of the arc to meet the tangent at the other utremity. The secant of an angle is... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1870 - 392 pages
...other extremity and the centre of the circle. Thus, AC is the tangent of the arc AB. Definitions. 27. The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre...tangent passing through the other extremity. Thus, 00 is the secant of the arc AB, 28. The four lines, BD, OD, AC, 0C, -depend for their values on the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Leveling - 1871 - 448 pages
...through the other extremity and the centre of the circle. Thus, AC is the tangent of the arc AB. 53. The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre...other extremity. Thus, OC is the secant of the arc AB. ' 54. The four lines, BD, OD, AC, OC, depend for their values on the arc AB and the radius OA; they... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1877 - 458 pages
...centre through the other extremity. •Thus AI is the tangent of the'arc AF, or of the angle ACF. 10. The secant of an arc -is the line drawn from the centre...of the circle through one extremity of the arc, and is limited by the tangent drawn through the other extremity. Thus CI is the secant of the arc AF, or... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Conic sections - 1880 - 452 pages
...30° is equal to half of the radius. Thus AI is the tangent of the arc AF, or of the angle ACF. 10. The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through one extremity of the are, and is limited by the tangent drawn through the other extremity. Thus CI is the secant of the... | |
 | Charles Davies - Geometry - 1886 - 352 pages
...the foot of the sine and centre. Thus, OD is the cosine of the arc AB. TRIGONOMETRY Definitions. 27. The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre...tangent passing through the other extremity. Thus, 00 is the secant of the arc AH 28. The four lines, BD, 02), AC, 0C, depend for their values on the... | |
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The secant of an arc is the line drawn from the centre of the circle through one extremity of the arc, and limited by the tangent passing through the other extremity. Thus, OC is the secant of the arc AB. 
