Cosinus

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of cosine.

    "When I came to these very buildings to pass my examination I knew far better the names of all the plants in this garden than the theory of the cubic roots or the long formulæ of the sum of two cosinus."

Synonyms

All synonyms
cosine

Example

More examples

"When I came to these very buildings to pass my examination I knew far better the names of all the plants in this garden than the theory of the cubic roots or the long formulæ of the sum of two cosinus."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin cosinus, abbreviation of complementi sinus. Doublet of cosine.

More for "cosinus"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.