Hyphenation of secant

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word secant? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

se-cant

Definitions of secant:

1.	A straight line that intersects a curve at two or more points
2.	Ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle

Synonyms of secant:

noun	straight line
noun	sec, trigonometric function, circular function

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