The inverse function of the secant; the angle that has a secant equal to a given number.
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Examples for "arcsec "
Examples for "arcsec "
1 Its disc spans 18 arcsec , with bands of cloud that are a pale imitation of those of Jupiter.
2 Viewed telescopically, it shrinks from 7.5 to 6.5 arcsec wide.
3 Catch them below-left of the Moon on the 15th when the cloud-swathed planet appears 41 arcsec wide.
4 Shrinking in width from 41 to 37 arcsec , it stands near the Moon on the 3rd and 30th.
5 The unrivalled rings, though, stretch for 41 arcsec and are wide open with their N face tipped 27° towards us.
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