Arcsecant (Noun)
Meaning
The inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The arcsecant of 2 is the angle theta such that sec(θ) = 2.
- To find the arcsecant of a number, we need to use a calculator or inverse secant table.
- The arcsecant function is used to find the angle whose secant is a given value, just like the arcsine function finds the angle whose sine is a given value.
- The graph of the arcsecant function has a period of 2π and has asymptotes at x = -1 and x = 1.
- Using the arcsecant identity, we can rewrite the equation as θ = arcsec(x/c), where c is a constant.