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Cosine
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In a right angled triangle, it is the length of the adjacent side divided by the length of the hypotenuse.
The abbreviation is cos
Example: in a triangle with sides of 3, 4 and 5, the cosine of the angle where the sides of length 4 and 5 meet is 4/5
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