(mathematics) a transformation in which the coordinate axes are rotated by a fixed angle about the origin
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Secant
Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
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ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Trigonometry, Set theory.ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Trigonometry, Set theory.ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Trigonometry, Set theory.(mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axi…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Geometry, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a transformation that is a combination of single transformations such as translation or rotation or reflection on an axis
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point.; "Successive applications of homotheti…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element…
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.(mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system
Used in the same subject area: Algebra, Mathematics, Set theory.a function obtained by expressing the dependent variable of one function as the independent variable of another; f and g are inverse f…
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To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line; to aline.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the Eng…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of te…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A line along which a point in another line moves, or which in any way governs the motion of the point and determines the position of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathemati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; --…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: cutting, divivding, parts, line.
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