cosine

名词 n.
/ˈkəʊ.saɪn/    /ˈkoʊ.saɪn/|/ˈkəʉ.sɑɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos

词形变化

cosines plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Latin co-der.
English co-
Proto-Indo-European *sinos
Proto-Italic *sinus
Latin sinusbor.
English sine
English cosine
From co- + sine, short for complementi sinus in Latin, meaning “sine of the complement”. Doublet of cosinus.
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