Definition:Hyperbolic Cosecant/Linguistic Note
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Linguistic Note on Hyperbolic Cosecant
The usual symbol csch for hyperbolic cosecant is awkward to pronounce.
Some pedagogues say it as cosetch, and some as cosesh.
Others prefer the mouthful which is hyperbolic cosec.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic functions
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic functions
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hyperbolic function