secant
noun
1 secant
A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
Polish: sieczna
2 secant
Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle.
synonym: sec.
Polish: secans, sekans
adjective
Roget 44: disjoined etc. v.; discontinuous etc. 70; multipartite†, abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated etc. v.; insular, ... show more
Roget 219: crossing etc. v.; crossed, matted &c., v.. transverse. cross, cruciform, crucial; retiform†, reticular, ... show more
Moby thesaurus: air line, axis, beeline, chiasmal, chiasmic, chiastic, chord, crisscross, cross, crosscut, crossed, crossing, cut across, decussate, decussated, diagonal, diameter, direct line, directrix, edge ... show more.
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