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    Look up versine  or versed sine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The versine or versed sine is a trigonometric function found in some of the earliest...
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    engineer Charles Haslett, who used it in conjunction with the existing versine function, vers ⁡ θ = 1 − cos ⁡ θ , {\displaystyle \operatorname {vers}...
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    may also be calculated from the versine function, for an arc that spans an angle of Δ = 2θ, and coincides with the versine for unit circles s = r versin...
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    be written in terms of any multiple of the haversine, such as the older versine function (twice the haversine). Prior to the advent of computers, the elimination...
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    (sixth century BC), who discovered the sine function, cosine function, and versine function. When during the Middle Ages, the study of trigonometry continued...
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    of track which typically feature a mix of small positive and negative versines. A standard chord length is used: in the UK this is conventionally 30 metres...
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  • COS cell lines cos x−1 = cos(x)−1 = −(1−cos(x)) = −ver(x) or negative versine of x, the additive inverse (or negation) of an old trigonometric function...
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  • as vercos.) ver – versine function. (Also written as vers, siv.) vercos – vercosine function. (Also written as vcs.) vers – versine function. (Also written...
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    rotating in a convex closed curve Circle graph Exsecant and excosecant Versine and haversine - ( crd ⁡ θ = 2 haversin ⁡ θ {\displaystyle \operatorname...
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    or use alternate methods. Arcsine distribution Inverse exsecant Inverse versine Inverse hyperbolic functions List of integrals of inverse trigonometric...
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    tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant, as well as archaic functions like versine and exsecant – can be defined geometrically in terms of a unit circle,...
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    (kojya), versine (utkrama-jya), and inverse sine (otkram jya) influenced the birth of trigonometry. He was also the first to specify sine and versine (1 − cos x)...
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    Quadrant from 1840s Ottoman Turkey with axes for looking up the sine and versine of angles...
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  • Ver (command), a shell command in DOS, Windows etc. an abbreviation for "versine", a trigonometric function ver (function prefix) (versus), a prefix for...
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    the four digits given. Skinny triangle Small oscillations of a pendulum Versine and haversine Exsecant and excosecant Holbrow, Charles H.; et al. (2010)...
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    the sail, but Grandi may have instead intended merely to refer to the versine function that appeared in his construction. In 1748, Maria Gaetana Agnesi...
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  • sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, cosecant, exsecant, excosecant, versine, coversine, vercosine, covercosine, haversine, hacoversine, havercosine...
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    measures of angles, made their calculations differently, "introduced the versine, which is the difference between the radius and cosine, and discovered...
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    needed] Trigonometric functions: The trigonometric functions sine and versine originated in Indian astronomy. Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Vaticanus...
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    (180–125 BCE) and Ptolemy of Roman Egypt (90–165 CE). The functions of sine and versine (1 – cosine) can be traced back to the jyā and koti-jyā functions used...
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    inter x & t determinatur." (Let x be the versine of any arc [i.e., x = 1 – cos θ ]. [Let] t be the versine of another arc. [Let] 1 be the radius of the...
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  • of the complement", suggesting the similarity to kojyā is coincidental. Versine B.B. Datta and A.N. Singh (1983). "Hindu Trigonometry" (PDF). Indian Journal...
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    seldom used today. These include the chord (crd(θ) = 2 sin(⁠θ/2⁠)), the versine (versin(θ) = 1 − cos(θ) = 2 sin2(⁠θ/2⁠)) (which appeared in the earliest...
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    some early trigonometric tables used not sine and cosine, but sine and versine. A quick, but inaccurate, algorithm for calculating a table of N approximations...
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    angle (since the central angle is 180°). The sagitta (also known as the versine) is a line segment drawn perpendicular to a chord, between the midpoint...
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    also known as the cofunction identities. This also holds true for the versine (versed sine, ver) and coversine (coversed sine, cvs), the vercosine (versed...
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    armillary and solsticial armillary of Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi, the sine and versine instrument of Urdi, the sextant of al-Khujandi, the Fakhri sextant at the...
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    calculations for certain input values see trigonometric functions like versine, vercosine, coversine, covercosine, haversine, havercosine, hacoversine...
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    armillary and solsticial armillary of Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi, the sine and versine instrument of Urdi, the sextant of al-Khujandi, the Fakhri sextant at the...
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  • tributary of the Lot Vers, an abbreviation for the trigonometric function versine Vers, an abbreviation for versatile, commonly used in Western gay male...
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