cosecant

cosecant

(of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the hypotenuse to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of sine
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cosecant

[kō′sē‚kant]
(mathematics)
The reciprocal of the sine. Denoted csc.
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