释义 |
‖ ˈsecans Obs. Pl. seˈcantes. [L. form of next.] = secant n. The mod.L. secans in this use was introduced by Thomas Finck Geom. Rotundi, Basle 1583, pp. 73, 76.
1599E. Wright Err. Navig. D 1, The Secans of the latitude of each poynt. Ibid., The Secantes answerable to the latitudes of each point or parellel. |