trigonometric function
noun
1
: a function (such as the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, or cosecant) of an arc or angle most simply expressed in terms of the ratios of pairs of sides of a right-angled triangle
called also circular function
2
: the inverse (such as the arcsine, arccosine, or arctangent) of a trigonometric function
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Babbage had built a prototype for an earlier device called the difference engine (currently on display at the Museum of Science in London), which could mechanically calculate a preset suite of operations such as certain logarithms and trigonometric functions.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 June 2024
Illustration: Rhett Allain This solution includes the trigonometric function cosine.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
Spacecraft software demands sophisticated mathematical programming, full of matrix operations, trigonometric functions, and multiple precision variables.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 4 June 2024
Illustration: Rhett Allain This solution includes the trigonometric function cosine.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
Spacecraft software demands sophisticated mathematical programming, full of matrix operations, trigonometric functions, and multiple precision variables.
—Frank O’Brien, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2020
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“Trigonometric function.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trigonometric%20function. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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