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cosine

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cosine: see trigonometry trigonometry [Gr.,=measurement of triangles], a specialized area of geometry concerned with the properties of and relations among the parts of a triangle. Spherical trigonometry is concerned with the study of triangles on the surface of a sphere rather than in the
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cosine

See sine.


cosine of an angle
a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the hypotenuse; the sine of the complement

COSINE - Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in Europe. A EUREKA project.


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Now, gentlemen cosines, will you cease to throw parabolas and hyperbolas at each other's heads?
 
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