CVS ??

[markraz]

Hi, What is "CVS" ??? ( cyan color) does anyone know how I can calculate this ?
I can't find any information on it

Thanks in advance

 

[Harry_the_cat]

It is \(\displaystyle 1-sin\theta\). It stands for co-versin. Compare with the green versin.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

It is \(\displaystyle 1-sin\theta\). It stands for co-versin. Compare with the green versin.

I did not know that and Google failed me.

 

[Harry_the_cat]

I did not know that and Google failed me.

To be honest, I've never heard of it before but I googled "versin"or versine.

Wikipedia: "The versine or versed sine is a trigonometric function already appearing in some of the earliest trigonometric tables. It is written as versin(θ), sinver(θ), vers(θ), ver(θ) or siv(θ)."

(I like to sound smarter than I am!)

 

[Dr.Peterson]

I've heard of the versine, coversine, and also the haversine - mostly in math history. I haven't seen most of those abbreviations, and didn't know they were actively taught anywhere, though I'm familiar with something called the "haversine formula" for spherical distances. (Look it up.) You don't need to know about the haversine (half the versed sine) to use it.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

To be honest, I've never heard of it before but I googled "versin"or versine.

Wikipedia: "The versine or versed sine is a trigonometric function already appearing in some of the earliest trigonometric tables. It is written as versin(θ), sinver(θ), vers(θ), ver(θ) or siv(θ)."

(I like to sound smarter than I am!)

All the cats that I know do that - e.g. Garfield.....

 

[HallsofIvy]

Isn't CVS a drug store chain?

 

[markraz]

thanks guys/gals

so I'm guessing there is no easy way to calculate on a TI calculator??

I guess I can first find the adjacent side of a right triangle and then subtract the radius?

 

[Dr.Peterson]

You were told that the coversine is defined as [MATH]1 - \cos(\theta)[/MATH]. That's easy enough to find on a calculator.

Perhaps you need to tell us what you are trying to calculate, given what values.

 

[Deleted member 4993]

You were told that the coversine is defined as [MATH]1 - \cos(\theta)[/MATH]. That's easy enough to find on a calculator.

Perhaps you need to tell us what you are trying to calculate, given what values.

Response #2 says:

It is 1−sinθ. It stands for co-versin. Compare with the green versin.

 

[Dr.Peterson]

Oops. I honestly thought I'd typed [MATH]1 - \sin(\theta)[/MATH]! But that "co" tends to slip into one's mind.