The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SINE , but the solution may also be COS which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Trig function crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SINE | 45 % | 4 |
| COSEC | 14 % | 5 |
| COS | 13 % | 3 |
| COSINE | 6 % | 6 |
| COTAN | 5 % | 5 |
| SECANT | 3 % | 6 |
| ARCSIN | 3 % | 6 |
| ARCSINE | 2 % | 7 |
| ARCTAN | 1 % | 6 |
| SIN | 1 % | 3 |
| TANH | 1 % | 4 |
| ARCSEC | 1 % | 6 |
| TAN | 1 % | 3 |
| CTN | 0 % | 3 |
| SINH | 0 % | 4 |
| COT | 0 % | 3 |
| RAD | 0 % | 3 |
| SEC | 0 % | 3 |
| TANGENT | 0 % | 7 |
| CSC | 0 % | 3 |
Why may COSINE be the right solution?
The trigonometric function that represents the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right triangle is called cosine. The abbreviation for cosine is cos, and the full word is cosine. Therefore, "Trig function" is a suitable clue for the answer "COSINE".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Trig function
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- trigonometric function
- trigonometric
- trigonometry
- trigonometrical
- trigon
- quadratic form
- functions
- trigonal
- exponential function
- pythagorean theorem
- trinomial
- trigram
Crossword Answer definitions
SINE noun- In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side opposite an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SINE
- Trig function
- Triangle ratio
- The S in SOHCAHTOA
- Angle function
- Triangle relationship?
- Trig ratio
- Trigonometric function
- Graphing calculator function
- Simple wave shape
- Math function
More clues leading to the result COSEC
- Trig. function
- Trig ratio
- Trig function
- Trig. ratio
- Sine's reciprocal, in trig
- In trig, the reciprocal of sin
- Sine's reciprocal, briefly
- Sine's reciprocal, for short
- Trigonometry secant: Abbr.
- Secant, in trigonometry: Abbr.
More clues leading to the result COS
- Adj/hyp
- Beloved comic's nickname
- Lettuce variety
- Romaine lettuce
- Comic Bill
- Funnyman Bill, briefly
- Sec's reciprocal
- CNBC subjs.
- Firms: Abbr.
- Justifier, in brief
More clues leading to the result COSINE
- Trig ratio
- Even periodic function
- Trigonometry lesson
- Trig function
- Trigonometric function
- Trig table number
- Trigonometry term
- Triangle ratio
- Relationship involving one of two sides
- Secant's reciprocal
More clues leading to the result COTAN
More clues leading to the result SECANT
- Cosine reciprocal
- Trig ratio
- Straight line through a circle
- Cosine's reciprocal
- Trigonometric ratio
- Trigonometry ratio
- Right triangle ratio
- Hypotenuse-to-adjacent-side ratio
- Curve cutter
- Trig function
More clues leading to the result ARCSIN
- It's measured in radians
- Trig function
- 90 degrees for 1, in trig class
- Inverse trig function
- Calculator function
More clues leading to the result ARCSINE
- Trig function
- Angle measured in radians
- Inverse trigonometric function
- Trig inverse
- Calculator function
- 90°, for 1
- Inverse function in trigonometry
- Inverse math function
- It's measured in radians
- Function whose domain is between -1 and 1
More clues leading to the result ARCTAN
More clues leading to the result SIN
- Do wrong
- Kind of tax
- Lust, for one
- Break a Commandment
- Deplorable act
- Moral transgression
- Offense
- Transgression
- Fall afoul of the good book (and the end of a split order of plum sauce)
- Means to excommunication
More clues leading to the result TANH
- Trig function
- Hyperbolic function: Math.
- Hyperbolic function
- Trigonometric function
- Trigonometric term
- Math's hyperbolic tangent
More clues leading to the result ARCSEC
More clues leading to the result TAN
- Catch rays
- Catch some rays
- Convert to leather
- Fan-__ (Chinese card game)
- Not pale
- Whale the tar out of
- Florida acquisition
- Summer shade
- Yellowish brown
- "The Joy Luck Club" author
More clues leading to the result CTN
- Camel holder: Abbr.
- Cigarette pkg.
- Box (abbr.)
- Bx.
- Box: abbr.
- UPS shipment unit
- UPS unit
- Warehouse unit (abbr.)
- Storage unit at a warehouse (abbr.)
- Egg box (abbr.)
More clues leading to the result SINH
- Hyperbolic math function
- Hyperbolic sine
- Hyperbolic sine (trigonometry)
- Hyperbolic function
- Trigonometric function
- Hyperbolic function in trigonometry
- Trig function
More clues leading to the result COT
- Camp bed
- Fold-up bed
- Military bed
- Small bed
- Something to sleep on
- Bedroll alternative
- Bivouac bed
- Fold-out sleeper
- Guest's bed
- Guest's offering
More clues leading to the result RAD
- Cool, in the '90s
- Energy unit
- Extremist
- "Awesome!"
- Cool
- Marvelous, slangily
- One-half a diam.
- Cool, these days
- Physicist's unit
- Totally awesome
More clues leading to the result SEC
- "Hold on a ___!"
- "Just a __!"
- "Short" time
- Financial regulatory org.
- Investor-protecting gr.
- Jiff
- Jiffy
- Moment
- Not sweet, winewise
- NYSE reg.
More clues leading to the result TANGENT
- Geometry line
- It doesn't go in circles
- Right triangle calculation
- Touching
- Trigonomic function
- Digression
- Circle line
- Speaker's digression
- A new and unexpected tack.
- Sudden divergence from one course to another.