English Explanatory Dictionary

versed sine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The trigonometric function 1 − cos(x).

Word forms

versed sine versed sines

Etymology

From New Latin sinus versus (“flipped sine”); the sine function being sometimes called sinus rectus.

Synonyms

vers versin versine

Derived words

coversed sine hacoversed sine haversed sine suversed
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