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Noun: cosecant  kow'see-kunt
  1. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle
    "The cosecant is the reciprocal of the sine";
    - cosec

Derived forms: cosecants

Type of: circular function, trigonometric function

Encyclopedia: Cosecant