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Definition of cosine noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cosine

noun

NAmE//ˈkoʊsaɪn//

(abbreviation cos) (mathematics)

the ratio of the length of the side next to an acute angle in a right triangle to the length of the longest side (= the hypotenuse) compare sine, tangent

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