complementary angle
Americannoun
noun
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If the “co” in that definition meant the complementary angle, then vercosine would be the same as coversine, which it isn’t.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
For instance, the cosine of an angle is also the sine of the complementary angle.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
“Co” means taking the same function but with the complementary angle.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
Likewise, the coversine is the versine of the complementary angle, as you can see in light blue above one of the red sines in the diagram at the top of the post.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
Instead of it is frequently used the complementary angle ZOP, known as the polar distance of the body.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
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