Secant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈiːkənt/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈiːkənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈiːkənt/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈiːkənt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sec

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sekante

eine gerade Linie, die eine Kurve an zwei oder mehr Punkten schneidet

🇫🇷French

sécante

une ligne droite qui coupe une courbe en deux points ou plus

🇪🇸Spanish

secante

Línea recta que corta a una curva en dos o más puntos.

🇮🇹Italian

secante

una linea retta che interseca una curva in due o più punti

🇳🇱Dutch

secans

een rechte lijn die een curve op twee of meer punten snijdt

🇵🇹Portuguese

secante

uma linha reta que cruza uma curva em dois ou mais pontos

🇷🇺Russian

секущая

прямая линия, пересекающая кривую в двух или более точках

India

🇮🇳Hindi

काटनेवाला

एक सीधी रेखा जो किसी वक्र को दो या दो से अधिक बिंदुओं पर काटती है

🇧🇩Bengali

সেক্যান্ট

একটি সরল রেখা যা একটি বক্ররেখা দুই বা ততোধিক বিন্দুতে ছেদ করে

🇮🇳Tamil

செகண்ட்

இரண்டு அல்லது அதற்கு மேற்பட்ட புள்ளிகளில் ஒரு வளைவை வெட்டும் ஒரு நேர்கோடு

🇮🇳Telugu

సెకెంట్

రెండు లేదా అంతకంటే ఎక్కువ పాయింట్ల వద్ద వక్రరేఖను కలుస్తుంది

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેકન્ટ

એક સીધી રેખા જે વળાંકને બે અથવા વધુ બિંદુઓ પર છેદે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಕೆಂಟ್

ಎರಡು ಅಥವಾ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಬಿಂದುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ವಕ್ರರೇಖೆಯನ್ನು ಛೇದಿಸುವ ನೇರ ರೇಖೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെക്കൻ്റ്

രണ്ടോ അതിലധികമോ പോയിൻ്റുകളിൽ ഒരു വക്രത്തെ വിഭജിക്കുന്ന ഒരു നേർരേഖ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیکنٹ

ایک سیدھی لکیر جو ایک منحنی خطوط کو دو یا زیادہ پوائنٹس پر جوڑتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

割线

在两个或多个点与曲线相交的直线

🇯🇵Japanese

割線

2 つ以上の点で曲線と交差する直線

🇰🇷Korean

시컨트

두 개 이상의 점에서 곡선과 교차하는 직선

🇻🇳Vietnamese

cát tuyến

một đường thẳng cắt một đường cong tại hai hoặc nhiều điểm

🇹🇭Thai

ตัดออก

เส้นตรงที่ตัดเส้นโค้งที่จุดสองจุดขึ้นไป

🇮🇩Indonesian

garis potong

garis lurus yang memotong kurva di dua titik atau lebih

🇲🇾Malay

sekan

garis lurus yang memotong lengkung pada dua atau lebih titik

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قاطع

خط مستقيم يقطع المنحنى عند نقطتين أو أكثر

🇮🇷Persian

جدا کردن

خط مستقیمی که یک منحنی را در دو یا چند نقطه قطع می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

sekant

bir eğriyi iki veya daha fazla noktada kesen düz bir çizgi

🇮🇱Hebrew

חוֹתֵך

קו ישר החותך עקומה בשתי נקודות או יותר

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