Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cosecant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cosecant \Co*se"cant\ (k?-s?"k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an
abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.)
The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust.
of {Functions}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cosecant
n : ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side [syn: {cosec}]
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