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Another advantage to the versine and haversine is that they can keep you from having to square something.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
Versine ranges between 0 and 2, so if you are using log tables to multiply with a versine, you don’t have to worry about the fact that the logarithm is not defined for negative numbers.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
A diagram showing the sine, cosine, and versine of an angle.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
My guess is that vercosine was a later term, an analogy of the square of sine definition of versine using cosine instead.
From Scientific American • Sep. 16, 2013
In this case, the versine of the arc or height of the sea at the half-way point above the straight line or chord joining the two places is 300 miles.
From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose
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