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trigonometry

[ trig-uh-nom-i-tree ]

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noun

the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.

trigonometry

/ ˌtrɪɡəˈnɒmɪtrɪ; ˌtrɪɡənəˈmɛtrɪk /

the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of trigonometric functions and their application to the determination of the angles and sides of triangles. Used in surveying, navigation, etc trig

trigonometry

/ trĭg′ə-nŏm′ĭ-trē /

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trig·o·no·met·ric [trig-, uh, -n, uh, -, me, -trik], trigo·no·metri·cal adjective
trigo·no·metri·cal·ly adverb
nontrig·o·no·metric adjective
nontrig·o·no·metri·cal adjective
nontrig·o·no·metri·cal·ly adverb
untrig·o·no·metric adjective
untrig·o·no·metri·cal adjective
untrig·o·no·metri·cal·ly adverb

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1605–15; < New Latin trigōnometria; trigon, -o-, -metry

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C17: from New Latin trigōnometria from Greek trigōnon triangle

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Luis Guillorme uses the late moments of a tense game to break out the gutsiest piece of infield trigonometry you’ll see this season.

Less than 2 percent of respondents said that they use trigonometry in their daily life, but over 70 percent of them said that they never use it.

I would think calculus would get used more than trigonometry and geometry, although that would be hard if only 2 percent are using it.

Take a case in Trigonometry—a Complement is what remains after subtracting an angle from one right-angle.

He left school at sixteen, after having mastered geometry and trigonometry, and having learned to use logarithms.

Who by an accurate Trigonometry and furniture of Instruments, hath inriched, as well geometry, as Astronomy.

Is it a good thing to let a boy use a surveying instrument unless he first learns trigonometry?

In point of fact, let us proceed to "trace a curve," as we say in the differential and integral trigonometry.

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