1590s, from Latin secantem (nominative secans) "a cutting," present participle of secare "to cut" (see section (n.)). First used by Danish mathematician Thomas Fincke in "Geometria Rotundi" (1583).
雙語例句
1. The value of the complement of the secant is called the cosecant.
正割函數(shù)的倒數(shù)，稱為余割函數(shù)。
來自辭典例句
2. A secant is defined as line passing through two points of the curve.
割線的定義是一條通過曲線上兩點的直線.
來自辭典例句
3. The pulse envelope we obtained is a hy - perbolic secant function of time.
所得脈沖包絡(luò)為時間的雙曲正割函數(shù).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. This paper mainly deals with the secant method used on stiffness matrix.
主要說明割線法在剛度矩陣上的應用.
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5. The slope of secant drawn from the origin through the point is the average function.