Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See coss.
- n. An abbreviation of cosine.
- n. A kind of lettuce, suited for being grown out of doors in summer, usually forming long heads or rosettes.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
- n. lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
Etymologies
- After Cos (Kos).
Examples
“You know for example, that: sin (4x) = 2sin (2x) cos (2x) sin (2x) = 2sin (x) cos (x) cos (2x) = cos² (x) - sin² (x), etc ...”
“cos A + iSinA + cos C +iSin C = 2 (cos B+ iSinB) cos A+Cos C +i (sin A +sin c) = 2cosb + i2sin b cos a +cos c = 2 cos b sin a +sin c = 2 sin b”
“Again dy_2 = - 3l cos [theta] {4 cos² [theta] - 3} d [theta] = - 3 {4 cos²”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
“Rachel Roy's grandmama style is interesting, who designs for her label cos it cant possibly be the same person.”
“First, Bush said "let's go in cos Saddam has WMDs", when none were found, he said, "well, he possessed the intent to make WMDs", when that did not wash, he said, "well, sadamm's regime was tyrannical and the is safer place".”
Dems seize on 5 year anniversary of 'Mission Accomplished' speech
“We can all laugh but wait till all them suicides starting rolling in cos they have lost all their (YOUR) money-I remember 1987 and we were so busy on suicides and mispers that we got overtime out of it!!!! on October 10, 2008 at 8: 41 am | Reply Rogerborg”
“You are darn right, we chicken out of who we are or what we believe in cos of branding or tagging.”
“He cannot win cos he will not get the vote of the blue collar uneducated whites.”
“While Congress was negotiating a recovery package to bring our country out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, some deficit hawks were promoting the notion that the short-term cos ...”
“I just went right past my stop on the train cos I was so engrossed in doing this.”
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brandelion 'cause, because Dec 3, 2006