TRIGONOMETRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trigonometry mean? 

• TRIGONOMETRY (noun)
  The noun TRIGONOMETRY has 1 sense:

1. the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions

  Familiarity information: TRIGONOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIGONOMETRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

trig; trigonometry

Hypernyms ("trigonometry" is a kind of...):

pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trigonometry"):

spherical trigonometry ((mathematics) the trigonometry of spherical triangles)

triangulation (a trigonometric method of determining the position of a fixed point from the angles to it from two fixed points a known distance apart; useful in navigation)

Derivation:

trigonometric (of or relating to or according to the principles of trigonometry)

trigonometrician (a mathematician specializing in trigonometry)

 Context examples 

Trigonometry he had not even attempted.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When my old tutor used to give me an exercise in trigonometry, it always took the shape of measuring heights.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He found books on trigonometry in the mathematics section, and ran the pages, and stared at the meaningless formulas and figures.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In the alchemy of his brain, trigonometry and mathematics and the whole field of knowledge which they betokened were transmuted into so much landscape.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)