 | Ezra S. Winslow - Business mathematics - 1853 - 264 pages
...the circumference, as the space B 0 a. A Secant is a line that cuts another line. In trigonometry, the secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre of a circle through one end of the arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn through the other end ; thus,... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Logarithms - 1855 - 344 pages
...through the other end. Thus, AD is the tangent of the arc AG. 85. The SRC ANT of an arc is a straight line drawn from the centre, through one end of the arc, and extended to the tangent which is drawn from the other end. Thus CD is the secant of the arc AG. 86.... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Plane trigonometry - 1864 - 324 pages
...angle. Thus, AK is the Cotangent of BD or BC D. The SECANT of an arc or angle (in Trigonometry) is the line drawn from the centre through one end of the arc, and terminated by the tangent touching the other end. Thus, CI is the Secant of BD or BC D. The COSECANT of an arc or angle is the... | |
 | William Davis Haskoll - 1868 - 252 pages
...cotangent of the angle AOM, and the tangent MS of the angle AOM, is the cotangent of the angle A OB. The secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre, through one extremity of the arc, and terminated by the tangent, or a line drawn perpendicular to the diameter... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - Geometry - 1872 - 262 pages
...the Cotangent of BD, or of the angle BCD. 27. The Secant of an arc or angle (in Trigonometry) is the line drawn from the centre through one end of the arc, and terminated by the tangent to the other end. Thus, CI is the Secant of BD, or of the angle BCD. 28. The Cosecant of an arc or... | |
 | Nautical astronomy - 1880 - 880 pages
...that arc to a quadrant ; thus HG is the tangent of the arc HS, or the cotangent of the arc AS. XXIV. The SECANT of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre through one end of tne arc to meet the tangent drawn from the other end ; thus CT is the secant of die arc AS. XXV. Tho... | |
 | William Davis Haskoll - Hydrographic surveying - 1886 - 354 pages
...tangent of the angle A o B. and the tangent M s of the angle A o M is the cotangent of the angle A o B. The secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre, through one extremity of the arc, and terminated by the tangent, or a line drawn perpendicular to the diameter... | |
 | William A. Morrison - Steam engineering - 1887 - 224 pages
...the circumference, as the space BO «. A Secant is a line that cuts another line. In trigonometry, the secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre of a circle through one end of the arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn through the other end ; thus... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1888 - 704 pages
...of that arc to a quadrant; thus, 1IG is the tangent of the arc IIS, or the cotangent of the arc AS. The secant of an arc is a right line drawn from the centre through one end of the ~A arc to meet the tangent drawn from the other end ; thus, CT is the secant of the arc AS. The cosecant... | |
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SECANT of an arc, is a straight line drawn from the centre, through one end of the arc, and extended to the tangent which is drawn from the other end. 
