Cosine
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Cosine is a trigonometric function describing the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right triangle. It is often abbreviated cos.
<math>\cos \theta = \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \theta \right) = \frac{1}{\sec \theta}\,</math>