Secant in Trigonometry Explained Simply - Andrea Minini Geometrically, the secant (OB) is the point where the line (r), which is tangent at point P on the unit circle, intersects the x-axis The secant can also be seen as the line segment OC that starts at the origin O, passes through point P, and intersects the tangent at point C
Secant (function) Definition (Illustrated Mathematics Dictionary) In a right angled triangle, the secant of an angle is: The length of the hypotenuse divided by the length of the adjacent side The abbreviation is sec sec (θ) = hypotenuse adjacent It is not commonly used, and is equal to 1 cosine