cos

Casual "since" alternative

Cos is informal for because, especially in British English: I can't come out cos I'm working.

In mathematics, cos is the standard abbreviation for cosine.

Cos lettuce, also called romaine, has long crisp leaves—the name comes from the Greek island of Kos.

lettuce

romaine

Elongated, crisp lettuce

icebergFloating glacial fragment
saladCold dressed vegetables
leavesTree's photosynthetic organs

crisp · crunchy · Caesar · wedge · heart · green · fresh · head · raw · wrap

trigonometry

sine

Opposite over hypotenuse

tangentLine touching curve once
secantTrig ratio, 1/cos
cotangentTangent reciprocal function

function · unit circle · radians · degrees · inverse · identity · hypotenuse · adjacent · opposite · angle

conjunction

because

For the reason that

sinceFrom then onward
asComparison word
forOn behalf of

seeing · given · considering · inasmuch · being · whereas

Categories

calculator buttonsplus, minus, equals, multiply, divide
Informal Spellingsgonna, wanna, gotta, oughta, shoulda
pronounsI, me, him, he, my
salad greensromaine, lettuce, iceberg, arugula, baby arugula
trigonometrysine, tangent, secant, cotangent, sin
math symbolsplus, minus, equals, divide, multiply

Opposites

formality/completeness

For the reason that

since · inasmuch as · given that · for · as

trigonometric complementarity

cossin

Violation of divine law

sine · sec · secant · arccos · arccosine

Phrases

law of cosinesTriangle side-angle relation
cos lettuceElongated salad green
arc cosineInverse of cosine function

Family

cosign, cosine, cosh, cosigner, cosecant, cosines

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