cosine
IPA: koʊsˈini
noun
- (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos
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Examples of "cosine" in Sentences
- Reports the cosine of its input.
- Both sine and cosine are negative.
- Formulas for cosine and sine individually.
- The waveform in the first picture is a cosine.
- In general, the Mathieu sine and cosine are aperiodic.
- This reduces the power yield by the Cosine of the given latitude.
- In particular, if the cosine of the angle between and the gradient,
- The spherical law of cosines is analogous to the planar law of cosines.
- If not for the cosine then for the sine or the tangent or the cotangent.
- If not for the cosine then for the sine or the tangent or the cotangent.
- So, if the current is sinusoidal, you know the derivative of a sine to be a cosine, which is 90° out of phase.
- Did you know that it's possible to calculate a cosine even if you think "cosine" is a brand of nasal decongestant?
- And so the sine and cosine are both negative multiples of their own second derivatives (in fact, the factor is – 1).
- He reminded me of sine and cosine and complementary angles, all of which were things I believed in and knew to be true.
- Measuring Relational Similarity with VSM The measure of similrity of R1 and R2 is given by the cosine of the angle Ɵ between r1 and r2: cosine = ∑ r1, i. r2, i = r1. r2 = r1. r2
- Laboring in the House of Wisdom, al-Khwarizmi, a Persian by birth, combined the geometry of triangles and spheres with the verbal elaboration of equations to work out the first sine and cosine tables.
- Starting from algebraic operations and simple analytical functions such as sine and cosine, the algorithm randomly re-combines previous equations and parameters, and tests each set of expressions for accuracy against the empirical data, until it reaches a desired level of accuracy.