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se·cant [ˈsi:kənt] N

secant MATH (ratio)

Sekans m

secant (line)

Sekante f

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The method is a generalization of the secant method. 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

The cosine, cotangent, and cosecant are so named because they are respectively the sine, tangent, and secant of the complementary angle abbreviated to co-. en.wikipedia.org

Why did he never mention the secant, with which he in fact operated? 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

For a line, the secant between any two points is the line itself, but this is not the case for any other type of curve. en.wikipedia.org

It converges faster than the secant method. en.wikipedia.org

Geometrically, the limit of the secant lines is the tangent line. en.wikipedia.org

Each remaining case has a pair of secant linesa pair of identical latitudes of opposite sign (or else the equator) at which the east-west scale matches the north-south-scale. en.wikipedia.org

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