Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SECANTS
Noun
secants
plural of secant
Anagrams
• ascents, catness, cessant, stances
Source: Wiktionary
SECANT
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
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