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cosine
co·sine [ kṓ sn ] (plural co·sines)


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