ARC SECANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arc secant mean? 

• ARC SECANT (noun)
  The noun ARC SECANT has 1 sense:

1. the inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number

  Familiarity information: ARC SECANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARC SECANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

arc secant; arcsec; arcsecant; inverse secant

Hypernyms ("arc secant" is a kind of...):

circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)