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Secant
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Secant
noun
1.
A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
2.
Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
Synonym:
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"Secant" Quotes from Famous Books
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disband; disperse &c 73; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute &c (pulverize) 330; apportion &c 786. part, part company; separate, leave. Adj. disjoined &c v.; discontinuous &c 70; multipartite^, abstract; disjunctive;
secant
; isolated &c v.; insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft^. [capable of being cut] scissile [Chem], divisible,
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