Cosine

4 definitions found

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

  Cosine \Co"sine\ (k?"s?n), n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L.
     complementi sinus.] (Trig.)
     The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of
     {Functions}.
     [1913 Webster] Cosmetic



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cosine
       n : ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a
           right-angled triangle [syn: {cos}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  COSINE
       Cooperation for OSI Networking in Europe (org.)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  COSINE
       
          Cooperation for Open Systems Interconnection Networking in
          Europe.  A EUREKA project.