secant

secant is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
2. adjective. A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
3. adjective. A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
4. noun. ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

   Synonyms: sec

5. noun. a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points

Synonyms

sec

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in secant:

ascent, casten, centas, enacts, stance

Common word forms

secants, secantly

Words from these letters

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