sech

Symbol, Mathematics.

hyperbolic secant.

Nearby words

secern, secernentasida, secession, secession, war of, secessionist, sech, sechenov, seckel, seckel syndrome, seclude, secluded

Origin of sech

sec(ant) + h(yperbolic)

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Examples from the Web for sech

Waal, ef ye kin put up with sech accommodations ez our'n, I'll take ye home with me.
His Unquiet Ghost|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
D'ye think now that I've fed him up and got him into sech fine shape that he'll leave me?
Bunch Grass|Horace Annesley Vachell
"Can't be boddered wid no sech outlandish name as Miss Ma'yan—dat kinks my tongue up like a bit a 'yalum,'" she declared.
A Little Girl in Old Washington|Amanda M. Douglas
I remember back at Coney they was three brothers that did sech tricks you couldn't hardly believe it.
Bat Wing Bowles|Dane Coolidge

How kin we find that thar leetle hammer in sech a dark place?
The Young Mountaineers|Charles Egbert Craddock

British Dictionary definitions for sech

sech

/ (ʃɛk, sɛtʃ, ˈsɛkˈeɪtʃ) /

noun

hyperbolic secant; a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh

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Science definitions for sech

sech

Abbreviation of hyperbolic secant