‖ ˈsecans Obs.
Pl. seˈcantes.
[L. form of next.]
= secant n.
The mod.L. secans in this use was introduced by Thomas Finck Geom. Rotundi, Basle 1583, pp. 73, 76.
| 1599 E. Wright Err. Navig. D 1, The Secans of the latitude of each poynt. Ibid., The Secantes answerable to the latitudes of each point or parellel. |