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In trigonometry what words do cos, tan, cot, sin, sec, and csc stand for
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In trigonometry what words do cos, tan, cot, sin, sec, and csc stand for

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They are the names of certain trigonometric ratios of a right triangle's lengths.

For example, sin is "the length opposite the angle" / "the length opposite 90 degrees (hypotenuse)" and so on.
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