arc secant

noun Trigonometry.

the angle, measured in radians, that has a secant equal to a given number. Abbreviation: arc sec; Symbol: sec−1

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Nearby words

arc furnace, arc lamp, arc light, arc of lowitz, arc sec, arc secant, arc second, arc sine, arc spectrum, arc tan, arc tangent

Origin of arc secant

First recorded in 1905–10

Also called inverse secant.

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Science definitions for arc secant

arc secant

The inverse of the secant function.

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