What Does COS Mean?

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Definitions for COSkɒs, kɔscos

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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cosine, cosnoun

   ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

2. cos, cos lettuce, romaine, romaine lettucenoun

   lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head

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1. Cosnoun

   An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

2. cosconjunction

   ; because.

3. cosadjective

   Belonging to co.

4. Etymology: From the name of the island Cos, whence it was introduced.

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1. cos

   The cosine (cos) is a fundamental trigonometric function that is commonly used in mathematics. It is defined as the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse in a right-angle triangle. In the context of the unit circle (circle with radius 1), the cosine of an angle is the x-coordinate of a point on the circle. The cosine function is also defined as a periodic function on the real line, often visualized as a wave, and is fundamental to many areas in mathematics including geometry, complex numbers, and calculus.

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1. Cos

   Cos is an American sketch comedy/variety TV series that debuted on the ABC Network in September 1976. It was hosted by comedian Bill Cosby and featured an ensemble cast who would perform sketches each week. The show was unsuccessful in the Nielsen ratings and was cancelled by November 1976. Cosby appeared on this series concurrently with his starring role in Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and the film Mother, Jugs & Speed.

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1. Cos

   an island in the Ægean Sea, birthplace of Hippocrates and Apelles.

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1. cos

   Song lyrics by cos -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by cos on the Lyrics.com website.

2. COS

   What does COS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. COS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cos is ranked #48060 in terms of the most common surnames in America.The Cos surname appeared 440 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cos.62.7% or 276 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.31.8% or 140 total occurrences were White.3.8% or 17 total occurrences were Black.1.1% or 5 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. • Lettuce
   • Trigonometric Function

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Anagrams for COS »

1. CSO

2. SCO

3. soc

4. soc.

5. SOC

6. OCS

7. osc

How to pronounce COS?

1. AlexUS EnglishDavidUS EnglishMarkUS EnglishDanielBritishLibbyBritishMiaBritishKarenAustralianHayleyAustralianNatashaAustralianVeenaIndianPriyaIndianNeerjaIndianZiraUS EnglishOliverBritishWendyBritishFredUS EnglishTessaSouth African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of COS in a Sentence

1. Lakshheish M Patel:

   People who invested Rs.10000 in Mutual Funds of top cos in 2006 are getting only Rs.15000 in 2022 while shares had risen many times between this period like in year 2007, 2010 , 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 .MF SIP Manager would have made huge Amount by buying and selling shares during these years, but investors are being fooled

2. Sonia Martins:

   In a catapult, for the stone to go its farthest, it has to be pulled as far back as possible...if you're going through a tough time count it as joy cos that could be something to catapult you to the place u desire to be... #behopeful #itsallaboutperspective

3. Guy Fieri:

   I don’t like him making fun of people, and I don’t like him talking sh**, and he’s never talked shi** to my face. I know he’s definitely gotta have issues, ’cos the average person doesn’t behave that way. 'It’s not that I’m not open to the reality that the food world was like this from a few people’s perspective. It’s just, What are you doing? What is your instigation? You have nothing else to f***ing worry about than if I have bleached hair or not? I mean, f**k.

4. Daniel Radcliffe:

   I think I'm a tiny bit like Harry 'cos I'd like to have an owl. Yeah, that's the tiny bit, actually.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Mutual Fund companies are in complete desperation of making more fools to investors. In this bid, cos are sending e-mails in bulk to people to attract and make own enjoyment of their money.. MF & SIP is a big loss and fraud, people have understood it

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Popularity rank by frequency of use

COS#1#8432#10000

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COS
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cos
3. ^ ChatGPThttps://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=COS
5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopediahttps://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Cos
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Recordshttps://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sourceshttps://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=COS

Translations for COS

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• Lattich, römischer SalatGerman
• sidesalaattiFinnish
• созRussian
• காஸ்Tamil

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