According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
secant, sec
(noun) ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
secant
(noun) a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
Source: WordNet® 3.1
secant (plural secants)
(geometry) A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points.
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the cosine of an angle. Symbol: sec
secant (not comparable)
That cuts or divides.
• ascent, casten, enacts, scante, stance
Source: Wiktionary
Se"cant, a. Etym: [L. secans, -antis, p.pr. of secare to cut. See Section.]
Definition: Cutting; divivding into two parts; as, a secant line.
Secant, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sécante. See Secant, a.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A line that cuts another; especially, a straight line cutting a curve in two or more points.
2. (Trig.)
Definition: A right line drawn from the center of a circle through one end of a circular arc, and terminated by a tangent drawn from the other end; the number expressing the ratio line of this line to the radius of the circle. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.