coversed sine

[koh-vurst]

coversed sine

[koh-vurst]
noun Mathematics.
the versed sine of the complement of an angle or arc.
Also called coversine, versed cosine.


Origin:
1700–10
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Coversed sine is always a great word to know.
So is quotient. Does it mean:
the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (?)
the result of division; the number of times one quantity is contained in another
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coversed sine (ˈkəʊvɜːst)
 
n
covers a trigonometric function equal to one minus the sine of the specified angle

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