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Change log entry 60245
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2016-02-17 21:33:14 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 56784 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
I have a feeling that "line interval" is wrong.
Certainly, 割線 means "secant", but "secant" can mean "reciprocal of the cosine of an angle" and 割線 doesn't mean that.
It's less ambiguous to call it "secant line".

LA K
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%89%B2%E7%BA%BF
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Secant.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SecantLine.html
Diff:
- 割線 割线 [ge1 xian4] /line interval/secant/
+ 割線 割线 [ge1 xian4] /secant line (math.)/
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