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cosecant
co·se·cant [ kō skənt ] (plural co·se·cants)


noun 
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ratio of hypotenuse to opposite side: for a given angle in a right triangle, a trigonometric function equal to the length of the hypotenuse divided by that of the side opposite the angle
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