餘弦
yú​xián

cosine

  • created sense approved 余弦/餘弦 · yú​xián · cosine — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    余弦 / 餘弦

    yú​xián

    cosine

    a mathematical function, written as "cos", defined in a right-angled triangle as the ratio of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the hypotenuse

    余 (literal) → 余/餘 · yú · surplus 弦 (literal) → 弦 · xián · hypotenuse

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense