Usually means: Cosine of angle with axis.
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  1. direction cosine: Merriam-Webster
  2. direction cosine: Collins English Dictionary
  3. direction cosine: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. direction cosine: Dictionary.com
  5. Direction cosine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. direction cosine, Direction cosine: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Direction Cosine: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Direction Cosine: Extragalactic Astronomy

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Direction cosine)

▸ noun:  In analytic geometry, the direction cosines (or directional cosines) of a vector are the cosines of the angles between the vector and the three positive coordinate axes.


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