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Showing words for SECANT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Secant

ascent, casten, centas, enacts, secant, stance

5 Letter Words for Secant

acnes, antes, canes, canst, cants, caste, cates, cents, cesta, csnet, enact, etnas, nates, neats, sanct, scant, sceat, scena, scent, stane, stean, taces

4 Letter Words for Secant

aces, acne, acts, ance, anes, anet, ante, ants, ates, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, ceas, cens, cent, cest, eans, east, eats, esca, etas, etna, nace, nast, nats, neat, nest, nets, nsec, sane, sant, sate, scan, scat, scet, sean, seat, sect, sena, sent, seta, sten, tace, taen, tane, tans, tean, teas, teca, tens

3 Letter Words for Secant

ace, act, aes, anc, ane, ans, ant, ase, ast, ate, can, cat, cen, cns, cst, cte, ctn, cts, ean, eas, eat, ect, enc, ens, esc, est, eta, etc, nae, nas, nat, nea, net, sac, san, sat, sct, sea, sec, sen, set, sta, tan, tas, tea, tec, ten, tes

Definitions for Secant

[1] Geometry . an intersecting line, especially one intersecting a curve at two or more points.
[2] Trigonometry . (in a right triangle) the ratio of the hypotenuse to the side adjacent to a given angle. (originally) a line from the center of a circle through one extremity of an arc to the tangent from the other extremity. the ratio of the length of this line to that of the radius of the circle; the reciprocal of the cosine of a given angle or arc. Abbreviation : sec
[3] cutting or intersecting, as one line or surface in relation to another.
[4] (of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to that of the adjacent side; the reciprocal of cosine Abbreviation: sec
[5] a line that intersects a curve

Words nearby Secant

sebum, sec, sec., sec. leg., secam, secant, secateurs, secaucus, secchi, secchi depth, secchi disk

Origin of Secant

1585–95; < Latin secant- (stem of secāns, present participle of secāre to cut), equivalent to sec- verb stem (see saw1) + -ant- -ant

Other words from Secant

se·cant·ly , adverb

Word origin for Secant

C16: from Latin secāre to cut