trigonometric function

Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed sine).

Noun

  1. Any function of an angle expressible as the ratio of two of the sides of a right triangle that has that angle (e.g., sine), or that subtracts 1 from such a ratio or subtracts such a ratio from 1 (e.g., coversed sine).

    Hypernyms: function

    Hyponyms: cosine function cotangent function cosecant function secant function sine function subsine function tangent function

    Coordinate Terms: antitrigonometric function hyperbolic function

Forms

trigonometric functions