Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation cosine

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See coss.
  • noun An abbreviation of cosine.
  • noun A kind of lettuce, suited for being grown out of doors in summer, usually forming long heads or rosettes.

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  • noun trigonometry a symbol of the trigonometric function cosine.
  • noun A variety of lettuce with long, crisp leaves.
  • conjunction UK because

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
  • noun lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Cos, (Kos).]

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From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.

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From 'cause, an aphetic form of because.

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  • 'cause, because

    December 4, 2006