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What is a secant?

What is a secant? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
  2. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec
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This method forces each pixel to belong to a unique line, which excludes jointive or secant lines.
Let P be a point outside a circle, let PA be a tangent line, and let PBC be a secant line.
Removable or welded paddles mounted on two rotating shafts with opposite and secant pitches improve the mixing quality.
Note that the air mass is approximately equal to the secant of the zenith angle.
In this projection the meridians are vertical and parallels having increased spacing in proportion to the secant of the latitude.
The secant and cosecant were not used by the early astronomers or surveyors.

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