Cosecant

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cosecant \Co*se"cant\ (k?-s?"k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an
     abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.)
     The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust.
     of {Functions}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cosecant
       n : ratio of the hypotenuse to the opposite side of a
           right-angled triangle [syn: {cosec}]