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'''Secant''' is a term in mathematics. It comes from the Latin ''secare'' (to cut). It can refer to:
* a [[secant line]], in geometry
* the [[trigonometric function]] called secant
* the [[secant method]], a root-finding algorithm in numerical analysis
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