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(yǔ)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(chēng)為余割函數(shù)。
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2. A secant is defined as line passing through two points of the curve.
割線的定義是一條通過(guò)曲線上兩點(diǎn)的直線.
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3. The pulse envelope we obtained is a hy - perbolic secant function of time.
所得脈沖包絡(luò)為時(shí)間的雙曲正割函數(shù).
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4. This paper mainly deals with the secant method used on stiffness matrix.
主要說(shuō)明割線法在剛度矩陣上的應(yīng)用.
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5. The slope of secant drawn from the origin through the point is the average function.