cosecantn.
/kəʊˈsiːkənt/ Trigonometry.
The secant of the complement of a given angle. (Abbreviated cosec.)
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Co-secant.
1807 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) II. 3 The radius, cotangent, and cosecant [form] another right-angled triangle cdl.
1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. 243 AP/ PM ..is called the cosecant of A (written cosec. A).
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