📐secant (sé-kan)

noun
/ˈsiːkənt/
sécante (secante)

Signification

A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
Traduction de la signification
Une droite qui coupe une courbe en deux points ou plus.
Une droite qui coupe une courbe en deux points ou plus.

Phrases d'exemple

In geometry, a secant cuts the circle at two distinct points.

En géométrie, une sécante coupe le cercle en deux points distincts.
En geometrie, une secante coupe le cercle en deux points distincts.

Synonymes

line, chord, tangent, ray

Antonymes

curve, arc

Collocations

secant line, secant method, secant function, secant angle

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