secant - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • latitude: Prove that twice the sine of the latitude of the place = the secant of the suns latitude.

Modifies a noun

  • modulus: The elastic modulus is defined as a secant modulus at service load condition.
  • pile: The store has secant pile walls to the perimeter of the basement, with an insitu reinforced concrete frame to the ground slab.
  • method: Solution of Equations: Secant method, Newton's method.
  • wall: A secant wall is a wall constructed of concrete piles.

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