trigonometric
adjective
trig·o·no·met·ric
ˌtri-gə-nə-ˈme-trik 
variants
or less commonly trigonometrical
: of, relating to, or being in accordance with trigonometry
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Their work joins a handful of other trigonometric proofs that were added to the mathematical archives over the years.
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Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
Greek astronomers like Ptolemy made use of a hollow circle when calculating trigonometric figures, often adding a bar or line across the top.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2021
Bing can also convert currencies, deliver stock quotes, and even do trigonometric functions.
—PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
Perhaps the best historical analog for the gravitational wave search and detection is the search for the trigonometric parallax, or a method to measure the distance to stars.
—Jeffrey Wilkerson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2016
The room remained quiet until the teacher began yelling the word — usually used in reference to trigonometric functions — and jumping around the classroom.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
In 1807, Joseph Fourier discovered that any periodic function — an equation whose values repeat cyclically — could be expressed as the sum of trigonometric functions like sine and cosine.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2021
It was well known by then that the goat problem could be reduced to a single transcendental equation, which by definition includes trigonometric terms like sine and cosine.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
The increase in the weight on the static axle provides the critical variable to solving a trigonometric equation that determines the height of the vehicle's center of gravity.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2020
Leila Sloman, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2023
Greek astronomers like Ptolemy made use of a hollow circle when calculating trigonometric figures, often adding a bar or line across the top.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2021
Bing can also convert currencies, deliver stock quotes, and even do trigonometric functions.
—PCMAG, 9 Feb. 2023
Perhaps the best historical analog for the gravitational wave search and detection is the search for the trigonometric parallax, or a method to measure the distance to stars.
—Jeffrey Wilkerson, Discover Magazine, 25 Feb. 2016
The room remained quiet until the teacher began yelling the word — usually used in reference to trigonometric functions — and jumping around the classroom.
—Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021
In 1807, Joseph Fourier discovered that any periodic function — an equation whose values repeat cyclically — could be expressed as the sum of trigonometric functions like sine and cosine.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2021
It was well known by then that the goat problem could be reduced to a single transcendental equation, which by definition includes trigonometric terms like sine and cosine.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Dec. 2020
The increase in the weight on the static axle provides the critical variable to solving a trigonometric equation that determines the height of the vehicle's center of gravity.
—Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 21 Aug. 2020
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1687, in the meaning defined above
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trigonometric
adjective
trig·o·no·met·ric
ˌtrig-ə-nə-ˈme-trik
variants
also trigonometrical
: of, relating to, or involving trigonometry
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