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secant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Secant is a term in
mathematics derived from the
Latin secare ("to cut"). It may
refer to: a
secant line...
- the
secant method is a root-finding
algorithm that uses a
succession of
roots of
secant lines to
better approximate a root of a
function f. The
secant method...
- In geometry, a
secant is a line that
intersects a
curve at a
minimum of two
distinct points. The word
secant comes from the
Latin word secare, meaning...
- For the
intersecting secants theorem and
chord theorem the
power of a
point plays the role of an invariant:
Intersecting secants theorem: For a point...
- In
Euclidean geometry, the tangent-
secant theorem describes the
relation of line
segments created by a
secant and a
tangent line with the ****ociated circle...
-
regions not
containing the
centre of the
circle to
which their arc belongs.
Secant: an
extended chord, a
coplanar straight line,
intersecting a
circle in two...
- In calculus, the
integral of the
secant function can be
evaluated using a
variety of
methods and
there are
multiple ways of
expressing the antiderivative...
-
tangent functions.
Their reciprocals are
respectively the cosecant, the
secant, and the
cotangent functions,
which are less used. Each of
these six trigonometric...
- Specifically, they are the
inverses of the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent,
secant, and
cosecant functions, and are used to
obtain an
angle from any of the...
- The
external secant function (abbreviated exsecant,
symbolized exsec) is a
trigonometric function defined in
terms of the
secant function:
exsec θ =...
