Cosinus

Quick meaning: Cosinus is a noun meaning (trigonometry) Synonym of cosine.

Meaning

(trigonometry) Synonym of cosine.

Example Sentences

The variations are described in terms of cycles of sinuses and cosinuses.

And according to our choice of a symmetrical conjunction or opposition, all the cosinuses are reduced to 1, namely to coefficients build up solely by scalar Keplerian elements a, e.

When I came to these very buildings to pass my examination I knew far better the names of all the plants in this garden than the theory of the cubic roots or the long formulæ of the sum of two cosinus.

So, in the helicopteron, as the helix is at the same time a sustaining plane, it should be likened to a surface moving horizontally, and in which, consequenty, the resistance to motion will be to the lifting power as the sinus is to the cosinus of the angle formed by such plane with the horizon.

Word Forms

• cosinuses

Synonyms for cosinus

Depending on context, synonyms include cosine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cosine, covercosine, cosinor, synod, sinequanon, symmetrian.

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