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“Cosign” or “Cosine”

cosign / cosine are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

cosign

  • verbsign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan.

cosine

  • nounratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.
Usage

Examples in context

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“cosign”

  • Zhang Rendan was asked to cosign both documents and refused to…

“cosine”

  • …is transformed by the discrete cosine transform (DCT).
  • …exactly by applying the inverse cosine transform (also with perfect precision).
  • …different forms of the discrete cosine and sine transforms.
  • …of the DFT, the discrete cosine transform or sometimes the modified…

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