Definition of COSine. Meaning of COSine. Synonyms of COSine

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Definition of COSine

Cosine
Cosine Co"sine (k?"s?n), n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.] (Trig.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Meaning of COSine from wikipedia

- In mathematics, sine and cosine are trigonometric functions of an angle. The sine and cosine of an acute angle are defined in the context of a right triangle:...
- analysis, cosine similarity is a measure of similarity between two non-zero vectors defined in an inner product space. Cosine similarity is the cosine of the...
- trigonometry, the law of cosines (also known as the cosine formula or cosine rule) relates the lengths of the sides of a triangle to the cosine of one of its angles...
- trigonometric functions most widely used in modern mathematics are the sine, the cosine, and the tangent functions. Their reciprocals are respectively the cosecant...
- In mathematics, the Fourier sine and cosine transforms are integral equations that decompose arbitrary functions into a sum of sine waves representing...
- A discrete cosine transform (DCT) expresses a finite sequence of data points in terms of a sum of cosine functions oscillating at different frequencies...
- Cosine error is a type of measurement error caused by the difference between the intended and actual directions in which a measurement is taken. Depending...
- A cosine is a function of trigonometry. Cosine or Kosine may also refer to: Cosine, Saskatchewan COSine, an annual science fiction convention in Colorado...
- In spherical trigonometry, the law of cosines (also called the cosine rule for sides) is a theorem relating the sides and angles of spherical triangles...
- In analytic geometry, the direction cosines (or directional cosines) of a vector are the cosines of the angles between the vector and the three positive...