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coshine

coshine noun: synonym of hyperbolic cosine.

Noun

coshine (plural coshines)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of hyperbolic cosine.
    • Should a shine or coshine be wanted which is not in the table, advantage may be taken of the differential of cosh x being sinh x, and vice versa. Thus, sinh x and cosh x being known, the shine or coshine of x + y, y being small compared to x, may be calculated from these relationships—[…]1931, Charles George Watson, Sags and Tensions in Overhead Lines, London: Isaac Pitman & Sons, →OCLC, page 135
    • Considering equation (8) in which ϵ = −1 we have a similar situation to our previous analysis in which the hyperbolic functions replace the trigonometric ones. However, this leads to significant changes in the results, e.g., if in equation (18) the cosines are replaced by coshines the equation has...1984, D. E. Hodgkinson, “Empty space-times of embedding class two”, in General Relativity and Gravitation, volume 16, number 6, Springer, →ISSN, page 574

Synonyms of coshine

Forms of coshine

pluralcoshines

Origin of coshine

Blend of translingual cosh + cosine.

Questions about coshine

What does coshine mean?
Coshine means synonym of hyperbolic cosine.
What part of speech is coshine?
Coshine is a noun.
What is the plural of coshine?
The plural of coshine is coshines.

Words near coshine in the dictionary

  1. coshes
  2. Cosheston
  3. COSHH
  4. coshift
  5. coshifts
  6. coshine
  7. coshing
  8. Coshocton
  9. Coshocton County
  10. COSI
  11. cosibelimab

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