косинус

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Bulgarian

Косинус на ъгъл (в синьо)

Etymology

Scientific term, ultimately from Latin cosinus (co-pocket). Equivalent to ко- (ko-) +‎ синус (sinus, sine).

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Noun

ко́синус (kósinusm (relational adjective ко́синусов)

  1. (trigonometry) cosine (ratio between the length of an adjacent side to the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angle triangle)

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References

  • косинус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • косинус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كوسينۋس
Cyrillic косинус
Latin kosinus

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ко́синус (kósinus), from Latin complementi sinus (literally sine of the complement).

Pronunciation

Noun

косинус (kosinus)

  1. (trigonometry) cosine

Macedonian

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Noun

косинус (kosinusm

  1. (trigonometry) cosine

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

ко́синус (kósinusm inan (genitive ко́синуса, nominative plural ко́синусы, genitive plural ко́синусов)

  1. (trigonometry) cosine

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Descendants

  • Kazakh: косинус (kosinus)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

ко̀синус m (Latin spelling kòsinus)

  1. (trigonometry) cosine

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