Etymology

cosinus

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Today it means: Synonym of cosine. Full definition →

New Latin cosinus
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  1. New Latin · learned borrowing fromcosinus
  2. English todaycosinus

Learned borrowing from New Latin cosinus, abbreviation of complementi sinus. Doublet of cosine.

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