 | Charles Davies - 1883 - 614 pages
...the other extremity. Thus, PM (Fig« 4) is the sine of AM, and P'M' is the sine of *_ "BT AM'. 22. The cosine of an arc is the sine of the complement of the arc, "complement sine" being contracted into cosine. Thus, NM (Fig. 4) is the cosine of AM, and... | |
 | Isaac W. Smith - 1884 - 448 pages
...perpendicular let fall from one extremity of the arc upon the radius which passes through the other extremity." "The cosine of an arc is the sine of the complement of the arc, and is equal to that part of the radius comprehended between the centre and the foot of the... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - 1885 - 538 pages
...equal to P'M' (B. I, P. XXIII.) : hence, the sine of an arc is equal to the sine of its supplement. 27. The cosine of an arc is the sine of the complement of the arc, "complement sine" being contracted into cosine. Thus, NM is the cosine of AM, and NM' is the... | |
 | William Davis Haskoll - 1886 - 354 pages
...diameter which intercepts the other extremity of the arc. AB is the sine of the angle o (fig. 45). The cosine of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc, or of the part of the diameter which lies between the centre of the circle and the sine. B o is the cosine... | |
 | William Minifie - 1886 - 294 pages
...one extremity, perpendicular to a radius drawn to the other extremity of the arc as D. F fig. 9. 19. The CO-SINE of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc as L. D fig. 10. 20. The VERSED SINE of an arc is that part of the radius intercepted between the sine... | |
 | Nathaniel Bowditch - 1888 - 704 pages
...that arc, perpendicular to DA, which is the diameter passing through the other end, A, of the arc. The cosine of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc, or of what that arc wants of a quadrant; thus, Л II being a quadrant, the arc SI I is the complement... | |
 | William Minifie - 1890 - 298 pages
...one extremity, perpendicular to a radius drawn to the other extremity of the arc as D. F fig. 9. 19. The CO-SINE of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc as L. D fig. 10. 21. In figure 11, we have the whole of the foregoing definitions illustrated in one... | |
 | George Watson Kittredge - 1896 - 448 pages
...extremity perpendicular to a radius drawn to the other extremity of the arc. (II B, Fig. 43.) I'2. The Co-Sine of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc. II K, Fig. 43, is the sine of the arc A II. 73. The Tangent of an Arc is a line which touches the arc... | |
 | 1926 - 536 pages
...one extremity perpendicular to a radius drawn to the other extremity of the arc. (HB, Fig. 43.) 72. The Co-Sine of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc. HK, Fig. 43, is the sine of the arc A H. 73. The Tangent of an Arc is a line which touches the arc... | |
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The CO-SINE of an arc is the sine of the complement of that arc as L. 
