Definition of Coversine

1. Noun. (trigonometry) The coversed sine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coversine

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coversine

covering space
covering spaces
coverings
coverless
coverlet
coverlets
coverlid
coverlids
covermeter
covermeters
covermount
covermounts
covers
coversed sine
coversin
coversine (current term)
coversines
coverslip
coverslipped
coverslips
coverstock
coverstocks
covert
covert-coat
covert baron
covert operation
covert sensitization
covertape
covertapes
covertex

Literary usage of Coversine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Examples in Alternating-currents by Frank Eugene Austin (1916)
"EG denotes the coversine. FIG. 6. The numerical values of the ... When 6 =360°, coversine = 1. For the numerical value of the versine of 45°, substitute in ..."

2. Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus: Method of Rates by Arthur Sherburne Hardy (1893)
"But dx = — cos ydy, hence , d,x dy = — - — af or the differential of an arc in terms of its coversine is minus the differential of the ..."

3. Safe Building: A Treatise Giving in the Simplest Forms Possible the by Louis de Coppet Bergh (1892)
"(CONTINUED.) Gr If angle CBA = 90° and AC = 1 then! FOR ANGLE CA 1l. Sine = CB coversine = HI = GC Cosecant = AF Tangent = KE Cotangent= HF ..."

4. Land and Marine Surveying in Reference to the Preparation of Plans for Roads by William Davis Haskoll (1886)
"NB is the versine of the angle Ao B. The chord of an arc is a right line joining the two extremities of that arc, as A D. The coversine of an arc is the ..."

5. Principles of the Differential and Integral Calculus by William Ritchie, Joseph Anthony Spencer (1847)
"And putting the sign minus before each of these expressions, we have in the first column the differentials of coversine, cosine, ..."

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