trig function

noun

1. Mathematics. trigonometric function.

Example Sentences

You can just read the sine off of the picture! After a few weeks of struggling to remember which trig function was which for which angle in a triangle, learning about and then internalizing the unit circle was huge for me.

From Scientific American

The one bonus trig function that confuses me a little bit is the vercosine.

From Scientific American

The versine is a fairly obvious trig function to define and seems to have been used as far back as 400 CE in India.

From Scientific American