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trigonometry

/ˌtɹɪɡəˈnɒmətɹi/

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What does trigonometry mean?

noun

  1. The branch of mathematics that deals with the relationships between the sides and angles of (in particular) right-angled triangles, as represented by the trigonometric functions, and with calculations based on said relationships.

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In trigonometry the Professor and I had a disagreement touching a little matter of logarithms.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
I worked off a year’s trigonometry that summer, and began Virgil alone.
Willa CatherMy ÁntoniaProject Gutenberg ebook #242
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For the fourth class the studies are plane geometry, trigonometry, descriptive geometry, and fencing, including the use of the small-sword, broad- sword, and bayonet.
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Mrs. Smith was an elderly woman of wealth who was very good to her, and by the time she was 14 she had studied German and French, algebra and trigonometry.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449
His computations of the properties of the spheres led him also to what was virtually a discovery of the method of trigonometry, giving him, therefore, a high position in the field of mathematics.
Henry Smith Williams; Edward Huntington WilliamsA History of Science — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #1705