1. A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points 
2. Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
   - sec

Derived forms: secants

Type of: circular function, straight line, trigonometric function

Encyclopedia: Secant

• by small degrees
• by the book
• by the bye
• by the day
• by the piece
• by the skin of your teeth
• by the way
• by trial and error
• by word of mouth
• by-and-by
• by-bid
• by-blow
• by-election
• by-line
• Byblos
• bycatch
• Bydgoszcz
• bye
• bye-bye
• bye-election
• Byelarus
• byelaw
• Byelorussia
• Byelorussian
• bygone