What is Secant?

What is Secant

In geometry, a secant is a line that intersects a curve at a minimum of two distinct points. The word secant comes from the Latin word secare, meaning to cut. In the case of a circle, a secant intersects the circle at exactly two points.

A chord is the line segment determined by the two points, that is, the interval on the secant whose ends are the two points.

One Reply to “What is Secant?”

Leave A Comment