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se·cant
/ ˈsēˌkant; -kənt/
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n.
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(abbr.: sec) Math.
the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.
2.
Geom.
a straight line that cuts a curve in two or more parts.
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Secant Forges Ahead with Leadership Position in Application Server Market at JavaOne.
Business Wire; 6/15/1999; 700+ words
; ...gear with next-generation versions of Secant's entire Java-based product line...partnerships, and a significant customer win. Secant Technologies, Inc. the leading provider...active and generating significant results, Secant has proven again that it is a powerful...
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Secant Technologies Unveils Powerful New Application Server with Support for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition.
Business Wire; 12/7/1999; 700+ words
; ...YORK and CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999-- Secant upgrades award-winning Secant Extreme Enterprise Server for Enterprise JavaBeans(tm) Technology Secant Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of advanced application...
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Secant Extreme Persistent Object Service Wins Editor's Choice Award for Middleware.
PR Newswire; 12/22/1998; 700+ words
; Secant Product Praised as Best Java Middleware...CLEVELAND, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Secant Technologies, the leading provider of advanced...Editor's Choice Award for Middleware. Secant received the award for its highly regarded...
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Secant corralling cash for sales, staff growth.(Secant Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 8/14/2000; ; 700+ words
; Secant Technologies Inc., a software producer...John Schwalm, chief executive officer of Secant, said the company expects to raise another...round led by Primus Venture Partners Inc., Secant will have $15 million to deploy a more...
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Secant Technologies Announces Availability of Extreme Persistence for Java and C++
PR Newswire; 7/27/1998; 700+ words
; ...CLEVELAND, July 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Secant Technologies, Inc., provider of advanced...announced the July 27 availability of Secant Extreme Persistence(TM) for Java and...database tables," said John Schwalm, Secant president and chief executive officer...
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Secant Technologies Announces Availability of Secant Extreme Enterprise Server for Enterprise JavaBeans.
PR Newswire; 12/8/1998; 700+ words
; Secant to Demo New Product for Java Business Expo...Booth #973, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Secant Technologies, the leading provider of advanced...announced today the year-end availability of Secant Extreme Enterprise Server(TM) for EJB...
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Secant Technologies Licenses Sun's Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition; Secant Brings Integrated Model-Driven Approach to the J2EE Platform.
Business Wire; 1/16/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001 Secant Technologies, provider of the Model...technology. With this technology, Secant customers will continue to benefit from industry standard solutions through Secant's Extreme Enterprise Server(TM...
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SECANT SIZES UP GROWTH POTENTIAL: SOFTWARE FIRM EAGER TO SHED 'SMALL' LABEL WITH BUSINESS BOOST.
Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business; 8/16/1999; ; 700+ words
; The biggest problem these days for Secant Technologies Inc. is being known as a...which are jostling right along with Secant for pieces of a hot new software market...out a place in that emerging market, Secant plans to open sales offices in New York...
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Secant Technologies Tops the Competition With Prestigious Well-Connected Award From Network Computing For Best Java Application Server.
PR Newswire; 6/7/2000; 700+ words
; Awards validate Secant's position as the technology leader for application servers CLEVELAND, June 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Secant Technologies, Inc. today announced its Secant Extreme Enterprise Server(TM) has been named the...
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Secant Technologies Wins Editor's Choice Award from Java Developer's Journal for Second Consecutive Year.
Business Wire; 12/13/1999; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999-- Secant's Award-Winning Extreme Persistent...Receives Highly Coveted Industry Recognition Secant Technologies, Inc., the leading provider...for the Best Database Product for its Secant Extreme Persistent Object Service (Extreme...
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secant
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
secant in mathematics. 1 In geometry, a secant is a straight line cutting a curve or surface. If it intersects the curve in two different points, as in the secant of a circle , the segment of the secant between the points...
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secant method
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing
secant method An iterative method for finding a root of the nonlinear equation f ( x ) = 0. It is given by the formula x n +2 = x n...
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Pitiscus, Bartholomeo
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...or the Tables, of Sines. Tangents and Secants, the Radius Assumed to be 100000...tangent ” and “ secant ” that Pitiscus used proceeded...of the tables of sines, tangents, and secants. This book includes the definitions of...
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Maurolico, Francesco
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...stated that Maurolico had been the first to make use of the trigonometric function of the secant. Maurolico did give a table of numerical values for he secants o 0 ° to 45 ° (the “ tabella benefica ” ), but Copernicus...
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airmass
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
...the zenith and approximately 2 at an altitude of 60°. It is approximately the secant of the zenith distance, but rises more slowly as the star approaches the horizon, becoming 1% less than the secant at 17° altitude.
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