haversine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of haversine
First recorded in 1870–75; ha(lf) + ver(sed) + sine ( def. )
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Versine and haversine were used the most often.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
In the table of secret trig functions, “ha” clearly means half; the value of haversine is half of the value of versine, for example.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
Now that computers are so powerful, the haversine has gone the way of the floppy disc.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
The haversine formula could yield accurate results without requiring the computationally expensive operations of squares and square roots.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
Add together the log haversine of the S.H.A.
From Lectures in Navigation by Ernest Gallaudet Draper
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