Trigonometric function
WordNet
noun
(1) Function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any function of an angle expressed as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle, or various other functions that subtract 1 from this value or subtract this value from 1 (such as the versed sine)
Related terms
- cosecant
- cosine
- cotangent
- coversed sine
- excosecant
- exsecant
- hacoversed sine
- haversed sine
- secant
- sine
- tangent
- trigonometry
- versed sine