Usage of "trigonometry"

Russian

тригонометрия

Portuguese

trigonometria

Catalan

trigonometria

Spanish

trigonometría

Branch of mathematics that studies triangles and the relationships between their sides and the angles between these sides.

trig

Related terms

area of mathematics

тригонометрия

Usage of trigonometry in English

They found them deficient in trigonometry and canned them off the team. 
 At Good Old Siwash 

Italian, Latin, trigonometry; a pretty considerable parcel they made, besides the implements. 
 Cousin Phillis 

They need primitive trigonometry to build things like wheelchair ramps and doorstops. 
 Anathem 

He learned there a little trigonometry and how to cross top-gallant yards. 
 Lord Jim 

He could teach a trigonometry class a thing or two about angles. 
 The Guardian 

I worked off a year's trigonometry that summer, and began Virgil alone. 
 My Antonia 

While most people loath trigonometry and love probability, I have the opposite problem. 
 The Irish Times 

Great skills in computation, in cosmological trigonometry, in three-dimensional navigational calculus. 
 The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide 

Moreover, I had to brush myself up in topography and trigonometry. 
 The Secrets of the German War Office 

You know how thankful Grace was for your help in trigonometry last year. 
 Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School 

Hipparchus was also the inventor of trigonometry, both plane and spherical. 
 History of Astronomy 

That came from the beauty of the stratagem, its plain and simple trigonometry. 
 The Information Officer 

It was like basic trigonometry where a wrong answer meant death. 
 Cibola Burn 

Geometry has been perfected and trigonometry has made a sure beginning. 
 A History of Science — Volume 1 

He had also mastered trigonometry, surveying, navigation, geometry and differential calculus. 
 Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 / Little J... 

We needn't trouble ourselves anything about Latin and Greek, and trigonometry and algebra. 
 Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad... 