Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arcsecant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: arc-se-cant
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

function that is the compositional inverse of the secant function. Symbol: arcsec

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English secant English arcsecant From arc- + secant.

Inflected Forms

arcsecants (plural)

Synonyms

arc secant arcsec inverse secant

Questions

What does arcsecant mean?: function that is the compositional inverse of the secant function. Symbol: arcsec
Where does arcsecant come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcusder. English arc- English secant English arcsecant From arc- + secant.

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