Question

what is secant? (geometry)​

Answer 1

the ratio of the hypotenuse to the shorter side adjacent to an acute angle (in a right-angled triangle); the reciprocal of a cosine.

Answer 2

HERE IS YOUR ANSWER MATE

In geometry, a secant of a curve is a line that intersects the curve at a minimum of two distinct points. The word secant comes from the Latin word secare, meaning to cut. In the case of a circle, a secant will intersect the circle at exactly two points.