Translations for secant in the English»Italian Dictionary (Go to Italian»English)

secant [Brit ˈsiːk(ə)nt, ˈsɛk(ə)nt, Am ˈsiˌkænt, ˈsiˌkənt] N MATH

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Translations for secant in the Italian»English Dictionary (Go to English»Italian)

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una retta secante una curva

a line secant to a curve

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The method is a generalization of the secant method. en.wikipedia.org

The secant lines of isograds with the surface form lines on a geologic map. en.wikipedia.org

This is an orthographic projection onto a cylinder secant at the 30 parallels. en.wikipedia.org

The algorithm tries to use the potentially fast-converging secant method or inverse quadratic interpolation if possible, but it falls back to the more robust bisection method if necessary. en.wikipedia.org

In fact, the union of the tangent and secant lines of any non-planar smooth algebraic curve is three-dimensional. en.wikipedia.org

Why did he never mention the secant, with which he in fact operated? en.wikipedia.org

The tangent line is a limit of secant lines just as the derivative is a limit of difference quotients. en.wikipedia.org

Using linear interpolation instead of quadratic interpolation gives the secant method. en.wikipedia.org

Secant piled walls can either be true hard/hard, hard/intermediate (firm), or hard/soft, depending on design requirements. en.wikipedia.org

Therefore, the secant method may occasionally be faster in practice. en.wikipedia.org

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