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Cosecant
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In a right angled triangle, it is the length of the hypotenuse divided by the length of the opposite side.
The abbreviation is csc
Example: in a triangle with sides of 3, 4 and 5, the cosecant of the angle where the sides of length 4 and 5 meet is 5/3
It is not commonly used, and is equal to 1/sine
See:
Sine
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