trigonometry
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- nontrigonometric adjective
- nontrigonometrical adjective
- nontrigonometrically adverb
- trigonometric adjective
- trigonometrical adjective
- trigonometrically adverb
- untrigonometric adjective
- untrigonometrical adjective
- untrigonometrically adverb
Etymology
Origin of trigonometry
Example Sentences
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“You were never going to teach a first grader a trigonometry lesson, right?” she said.
From Seattle Times
When students fell behind in areas like algebra, gaps could go unnoticed for a year or more as they moved to subjects such as geometry or trigonometry.
From Seattle Times
"I have lost count of the number of people who say they wish they had learnt about mortgages rather than trigonometry," she said.
From BBC
Two high school students have proved the Pythagorean theorem in a way that one early 20th-century mathematician thought was impossible: using trigonometry.
From Scientific American
He recalled an image of her empty desk in trigonometry class the Monday morning after her disappearance.
From Seattle Times
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