Seattle Mariners, American professional baseball team based in Seattle that plays in the American League (AL). The Mariners were founded in 1977 and posted losing records until 1991 (an all-time mark for the longest period before a franchise’s first winning season). The team is the only current

Seattle: Education: …Washington (1861), Seattle University (1891), Seattle Pacific University (1891), Cornish College of the Arts (1914), and the Art Institute of Seattle (1946), all of which provide advanced and continuing education. There are also several community colleges. The Washington Technology Center is among the many research facilities integrated with both the…

Milwaukee Brewers, American professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Brewers play in the National League (NL), but they spent their first 29 seasons (1969–97) in the American League (AL). The team that would become the Brewers was founded in 1969 in Seattle as the Pilots. After

Washington: Media and publishing: The Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer are Washington’s leading newspapers, although in 2009 the Post-Intelligencer became an online-only publication. Daily newspapers around the state are the Columbian (Vancouver), Spokesman-Review (Spokane), Herald (Everett), News Tribune (Tacoma), and Olympian (Olympia). A number of weekly and biweekly business journals provide financial and…

Seattle Seahawks, American professional gridiron football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the NFL and have won one Super Bowl title (2014) and three NFC championships (2006, 2014, and 2015). Along with fellow expansion team the Tampa Bay

Seattle Slew, (foaled 1974), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1977 became the 10th winner of the American Triple Crown—the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—and the only horse to win the Triple Crown with an undefeated record. Seattle Slew was foaled on February

Kevin Durant: Early life and career: …and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the second overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft.

Major League Soccer: Winners of the MLS Cup are provided in the table.

Seattle Storm, American professional basketball team based in Seattle that plays in the Western Conference of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team has won four WNBA championships (2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020). The Storm was one of four expansion teams that joined the league

Kevin Durant: Early life and career: …and was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the second overall pick of the 2007 NBA draft.

Seattle: Cultural life: The Seattle Symphony, founded in 1903, was the first in the world to be conducted by a woman, and it has issued many recordings of live and studio performances. The symphony often performs in association with the Seattle Opera.

Seattle University, private, coeducational institution of higher education in Seattle, Washington, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. It offers about 50 undergraduate degree programs and about 20 graduate degree programs; professional degrees are also

Seattle WTO protests of 1999, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington. Comprising a broad and diffuse coalition of the American Federation

Seattle WTO protests of 1999, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington. Comprising a broad and diffuse coalition of the American Federation

Seattle WTO protests of 1999, a series of marches, direct actions, and protests carried out from November 28 through December 3, 1999, that disrupted the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference in Seattle, Washington. Comprising a broad and diffuse coalition of the American Federation

Seattle: Transportation: The Port of Seattle, established in 1911, is one of the largest container-cargo ports in the United States and in the world. The port encompasses some 570 acres (230 hectares) of container-handling facilities. Ferries serve nearby Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island, Bremerton, and other points along Puget…

Seattle: Transportation: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac), 13 miles (21 km) south of the city center, is a major gateway connecting Asia, Europe, and North America and is among the leading U.S. airports in international passenger travel. It is served by dozens of airlines (including Alaska Airlines, headquartered…

John Dowland: His famous Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares Figured in Seaven Passionate Pavans (1604), became one of the most widely known compositions of the time. In his chromatic fantasies, the finest of which are “Forlorne Hope Fancye” and “Farewell,” he developed this form to a height of intensity unequaled…

Tom Seaver was an American professional baseball player and one of the game’s dominant pitchers between the late 1960s and early 1980s. During his 20-year career (1967–86), Seaver, a right-handed pitcher, posted a record of 311 wins and 205 losses with a 2.86 earned run average (ERA). He won more

Tom Seaver was an American professional baseball player and one of the game’s dominant pitchers between the late 1960s and early 1980s. During his 20-year career (1967–86), Seaver, a right-handed pitcher, posted a record of 311 wins and 205 losses with a 2.86 earned run average (ERA). He won more

Dallas Seavey is an American sled-dog racer who has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race a record-setting six times (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, and 2024). Seavey is also the youngest racer to have ever won the event. Seavey’s family moved to Seward, Alaska, when he was five years old, nearly 20

Dallas Seavey: Early life: …sled team of his father, Mitch Seavey, who ran the Iditarod for the first time in 1982 and won in 2004, 2013, and 2017. Mushing soon became a family business: Dallas’s older brothers, Danny and Tyrell, competed in the Iditarod, and both Tyrell and younger brother Conway won the Junior…

Kaikōura Range: …metres) at Tapuaenuku, and the Seaward Kaikōuras reach 8,562 feet (2,609 metres) at Manakau. The ranges are steepest along their southeast flanks, where there are active faults. The Clarence River flows between the ranges, and the Awatere River runs west of the Inland range. Lumbering has reduced the slopes’ forest…

seawater, water that makes up the oceans and seas, covering more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface. Seawater is a complex mixture of 96.5 percent water, 2.5 percent salts, and smaller amounts of other substances, including dissolved inorganic and organic materials, particulates, and a few

seaweed, any of the red, green, or brown marine algae that grow along seashores. Seaweeds are generally anchored to the sea bottom or other solid structures by rootlike “holdfasts,” which perform the sole function of attachment and do not extract nutrients as do the roots of higher plants. A number

submarine: Adoption by navies: …nuclear submarines, the Nautilus and Seawolf, to test the two types, but problems (including leakage) in the Seawolf reactor led to the abandonment of the liquid-metal scheme. Later the navy also developed natural-circulation reactors. U.S. attack submarines (except for USS Narwhal, the natural-circulation prototype) are built with pressurized-water reactors, but…

rocket and missile system: Antiship: …missiles such as the British Seawolf and automatic gun systems such as the U.S. 20-millimetre Phalanx. Advances in missile-defense systems had to keep up with the natural affinity of antiship missiles for stealth technology: the visual and infrared signatures and radar cross sections of Western antiship missiles became so small…

Seawolf-class submarine, class of three U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines known for their speed and advanced weapons and for being extremely quiet underwater. Seawolf-class submarines were manufactured by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics. The Seawolf class was designed in the

United Parks & Resorts, Inc. (formerly SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.) is an American company that manages several commercial theme parks operating under its marine life–focused SeaWorld and Discovery Cove brands, Busch Gardens theme parks featuring thrill rides and exotic animals, and Sesame Place,

United Parks & Resorts, Inc. (formerly SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.) is an American company that manages several commercial theme parks operating under its marine life–focused SeaWorld and Discovery Cove brands, Busch Gardens theme parks featuring thrill rides and exotic animals, and Sesame Place,

insurance: Warranties: …relate to the following conditions: seaworthiness, deviation, and legality. Under the first, the shipper and the common carrier warrant that the ship will be seaworthy when it leaves port, in the sense that the hull will be sound, the captain and crew will be qualified, and supplies and other necessary…

Cenwalh: His wife Seaxburg (or Seaxburh) apparently reigned for about one year after his death.

Cenwalh: His wife Seaxburg (or Seaxburh) apparently reigned for about one year after his death.

Geb, in ancient Egyptian religion, the god of the earth, the physical support of the world. Geb constituted, along with Nut, his sister, the second generation in the Ennead (group of nine gods) of Heliopolis. In Egyptian art Geb, as a portrayal of the earth, was often depicted lying by the feet of

Atlas Mountains: Resources: …ore is extracted from the Seba Chioukh Mountains, from Mount Zaccar Rherbi, and from the areas near Ouenza and Bou Khadra, while phosphate is mined at Mount Onk and El Kouif. Lead and zinc also have become important. In Tunisia the High Tell mountains produce phosphate at Al-Qalʿah al-Jardāʾ, iron…

sebaceous gland, small oil-producing gland present in the skin of mammals. Sebaceous glands are usually attached to hair follicles and release a fatty substance, sebum, into the follicular duct and thence to the surface of the skin. The glands are distributed over the entire body with the exception

nevus: Premalignant nevi include the sebaceous nevus, a congenital formation containing hair follicles and sebaceous glands, and the giant pigmented, or bathing trunk, nevus, a large, irregular, dark brown or black patch associated with malignant melanoma. Some pigmented nevi, such as the blue nevus and the junctional nevus, may be…

fungus: Annotated classification: Order Sebacinales (incertae sedis; not placed in any subclass) Symbiotic with plants, some form mycorrhizal associations; forms hyphal networks on and within roots; chlamydospores generated inside root cells or at root surface; example genera include Sebacina, Tremellodendron, and Piriformospora. Order Thelephorales (incertae sedis; not placed

Atlantic salmon: …ouananiche) of rivers and the sebago, or lake, salmon (S. salar sebago) are smaller, landlocked forms of Atlantic salmon, also prized for sport. The Atlantic salmon has also been successfully introduced into the Great Lakes of the United States. (See also salmon.)

Precambrian: Age and occurrence of greenstone-granite belts: …belt in South Africa; the Sebakwian, Belingwean, and Bulawayan-Shamvaian belts of Zimbabwe; the Yellowknife belts in the Slave province of Canada; the Abitibi, Wawa, Wabigoon, and Quetico belts of the Superior province of Canada; the Dharwar belts in

W.G. Sebald was a German-English novelist, essayist, poet, and scholar who was known for his haunting, nonchronologically constructed stories. His best-known book is Austerlitz (2001), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Sebald’s work imaginatively explored themes of memory as they

W.G. Sebald was a German-English novelist, essayist, poet, and scholar who was known for his haunting, nonchronologically constructed stories. His best-known book is Austerlitz (2001), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Sebald’s work imaginatively explored themes of memory as they

Shurugwi, town, central Zimbabwe. Shurugwi was established in 1899 by the British South Africa Company and Willoughby’s Consolidated Company. Its name was derived from a nearby bare oval granite hill that resembled the shape of a pigpen (selukwe) of the local Venda people. The town is the terminus

Samaria, ancient town in central Palestine. It is located on a hill northwest of Nāblus in the West Bank territory under Israeli administration since 1967. Excavations (1908–10; 1931–33; 1935) revealed that the site had been occupied occasionally during the late 4th millennium bce. The city was not

Sivas, city, central Turkey. It lies at an elevation of 4,183 feet (1,275 meters) in the broad valley of the Kızıl River. Although excavations at a mound known as Topraktepe indicate Hittite settlements in the locality, nothing is known of Sivas’s history prior to its emergence as the Roman city of

Sivas, city, central Turkey. It lies at an elevation of 4,183 feet (1,275 meters) in the broad valley of the Kızıl River. Although excavations at a mound known as Topraktepe indicate Hittite settlements in the locality, nothing is known of Sivas’s history prior to its emergence as the Roman city of

redfish, (Sebastes norvegicus), commercially important food fish of the scorpionfish family, Scorpaenidae (order Scorpaeniformes), found in the North Atlantic Ocean along European and North American coasts. Also known as ocean perch or rosefish in North America and as Norway haddock in Europe, the

redfish: Related species include Sebastes owstoni, a food fish of East Asia, and S. viviparus of Europe (the Norway redfish, which, along with S. norvegicus, is also referred to as the Norway haddock). Both are red and grow to about 25 cm (10 inches) long.

redfish: …also referred to as the Norway haddock). Both are red and grow to about 25 cm (10 inches) long.

Sivas, city, central Turkey. It lies at an elevation of 4,183 feet (1,275 meters) in the broad valley of the Kızıl River. Although excavations at a mound known as Topraktepe indicate Hittite settlements in the locality, nothing is known of Sivas’s history prior to its emergence as the Roman city of

Sebastian was the king of Portugal from 1557, a fanatically religious ruler who lost his life in a crusade against the Muslims in Morocco. After his death, many of his subjects believed that he would return to deliver them from Spanish rule, a messianic faith known as Sebastianism (Sebastianismo).

Twelfth Night: Twins Sebastian and Viola are separated during a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria; each believes the other dead. Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and enters the service of Duke Orsino, who thinks he is in love with the lady Olivia. Orsino sends…

At the 1978 European championships, Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett met in a race for the first time. The two up-and-coming British runners, keenly aware of each other, approached the event as if it were a two-man affair, and they learned a hard lesson when East Germany’s Olaf Beyer outran them both.

Sebastián Vizcaíno Bay, bay of the Pacific Ocean, western Baja California peninsula, Mexico. The bay is approximately 80 miles (130 km) long from northwest to southeast and 60 miles (100 km) wide from east to west; it has several islands, the largest of which is Cedros, known for its large colony

Joan Sebastian was a Mexican singer and songwriter who wrote, performed, and recorded songs in regional Mexican styles and thus won an immense and devoted following and numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. His songs addressed themes of love and loss, and he sang them with genuine feeling and a

the Lovin’ Spoonful: Chief songwriter Sebastian (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, and Autoharp) and Yanovsky (lead guitar) came from a folk background; Boone (bass) and Butler (drums) had played rock and roll. Before disbanding in 1969, they recorded five albums plus two movie soundtracks. Yanovsky left the band in 1967 after…

St. Sebastian ; feast day January 20) was an early Christian saint popularized by Renaissance painters and believed to have been martyred during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian. He is a patron saint of archers and athletes and of those who desire a saintly death. He

Mexican jumping bean: …especially those of the genus Sebastiania, of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), that contain larvae of a small olethreutid moth (Laspeyresia salitans). The movements of the larvae feeding on the pulp within the seed, which are intensified by warmth, give the seed the familiar jumping movement.

Sebastian: …a messianic faith known as Sebastianism (Sebastianismo).

Sebastian: …a messianic faith known as Sebastianism (Sebastianismo).

Sebastiano del Piombo was an Italian painter who tried to combine the rich colours of the Venetian school with the monumental form of the Roman school. At first a professional lute player, Sebastiano began his career as a painter later than most of his contemporaries. He was a pupil of Giovanni

Sebastian was the king of Portugal from 1557, a fanatically religious ruler who lost his life in a crusade against the Muslims in Morocco. After his death, many of his subjects believed that he would return to deliver them from Spanish rule, a messianic faith known as Sebastianism (Sebastianismo).

scorpaeniform: Annotated classification: Family Sebastidae (rockfishes, rockcods, and thornyheads) The genus Sebastes is live-bearing. Marine, widely distributed in all oceans. 7 genera, about 130 species. Families Setarchidae and Neosebastidae 5 genera and about 22 species. Family Scorpaenidae (

Sevastopol, city and seaport, Crimea, southern Ukraine, in the southwestern Crimean Peninsula on the southern shore of the long, narrow Akhtiarska Bay, which forms a magnificent natural harbour. West of the modern town stood the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesus, founded in 421 bce. Originally a

crocodile: Annotated classification: †Suborder Sebecosuchia Upper Cretaceous to Miocene; skull laterally flattened; choanae in depression in anterior part of pterygoids. Suborder Eusuchia Upper Jurassic to Recent; choanae entirely enclosed by pterygoids. Family Alligatoridae (alligators

fountain: Islāmic: …the public drinking fountains, called sebeels. They are an institution in the East. A common type is the simple spout and basin enclosed within a graceful niche. The more ambitious designs take the form of a richly decorated pavilion.

Sebek, in ancient Egyptian religion, crocodile god whose chief sanctuary in Fayyūm province included a live sacred crocodile, Petsuchos (Greek: “He Who Belongs to Suchos”), in whom the god was believed to be incarnate. Sebek may have been an early fertility god or associated with death and burial

Sebeknefru, was a queen who ruled as king of ancient Egypt (c. 1763–c. 1760 bce); she was the last ruler of the 12th dynasty (1939–c. 1760 bce). The end of the long reign of Sebeknefru’s father, Amenemhet III, brought her half brother to the throne late in life. When her brother died, the absence

Pat Roberts: …would later become father-in-law to Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas in 2003–09 and U.S. secretary of health and human services in 2009–14). In 1969 Roberts married, and he and his wife, Franki, had three children.

Pat Roberts: Keith Sebelius (who would later become father-in-law to Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas in 2003–09 and U.S. secretary of health and human services in 2009–14). In 1969 Roberts married, and he and his wife, Franki, had three children.

Šibenik, port in southern Croatia. It lies along the estuary of the Krka River a short distance east of the river’s mouth on the Adriatic Sea. Although first documented in 1066, Šibenik was probably founded earlier by Slav migrants. It was chartered in 1167 and until 1412 was fought over by Venice

Sebek, in ancient Egyptian religion, crocodile god whose chief sanctuary in Fayyūm province included a live sacred crocodile, Petsuchos (Greek: “He Who Belongs to Suchos”), in whom the god was believed to be incarnate. Sebek may have been an early fertility god or associated with death and burial

Otto Preminger: Challenges to the Production Code of Otto Preminger: Newcomer Jean Seberg was unable to carry the ambitious adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s play, and the film was a critical and commercial disappointment. However, Preminger and Seberg reteamed on Bonjour Tristesse (1958), an adaptation of Françoise Sagan’s best-selling novel about a teenage girl (Seberg) whose…

Saberht was the first Christian king of the East Saxons, or Essex (from sometime before 604). Saberht reigned as a dependent of his uncle Aethelberht I, king of Kent, and became a Christian after Aethelberht’s conversion. A late and doubtful legend attributes the founding of Westminster Abbey to

Sebeș, town, Alba județ (county), west-central Romania. It lies in the valley of the Sebeș River, on a major Romanian highway. The site had Neolithic and Daco-Roman settlements before Sebeș was refounded in the 12th century by German settlers. Sebeș was an important town in medieval Transylvania.

Cordia: …leaves of the tropical American geiger tree, aloewood, or sebesten plum (C. sebestena) are used as a substitute for sandpaper. The bright red-orange, six- to seven-lobed flowers are striking and occur in large clusters. The greenish, acid-tasting fruits are edible. The tree grows to 10 metres high (about 33 feet).

Sebetwane was a Southern African king who reigned from around 1820 to 1851. He established the large and powerful Kololo nation in what is now southwestern Zambia after an arduous migration from his original home in what is now the Free State province in South Africa. Sebetwane was a chief of the

Sabhā, town, southwestern Libya, in a Saharan oasis. It was an active caravan centre from the 11th century. The modern town of stark white buildings and wide streets is surrounded by older settlements of mud-walled dwellings and covered alleyways. The former Italian Fort Elena, on a nearby hill, is

Stone Age: Egypt: …local development known as the Sebilian is found. It contains very highly evolved flake implements of Levallois type and, in its later phases, a definite microlithic industry. Of approximately the same age as the Sebilian are several Epi-Levalloisian sites in the Lower Nile drainage, including the Fayyūm Depression and the…

Lake Iseo, lake in Lombardia (Lombardy) region, northern Italy, between Bergamo and Brescia provinces, at the southern foot of the Alps at an altitude of 610 feet (186 m). The lake is 15.5 miles (25 km) long with a maximum width of 3 miles (5 km), a maximum depth of 820 feet (250 m), and a surface

Sebetwane was a Southern African king who reigned from around 1820 to 1851. He established the large and powerful Kololo nation in what is now southwestern Zambia after an arduous migration from his original home in what is now the Free State province in South Africa. Sebetwane was a chief of the

sabkhah, (Arabic), saline flat or salt-crusted depression, commonly found along the coasts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia. Sabkhahs are generally bordered by sand dunes and have soft, poorly cemented but impermeable floors, due to periodic flooding and evaporation. Concentration of seawater and

United Arab Emirates: Drainage: In the far west the Maṭṭī Salt Flat extends southward into Saudi Arabia, and coastal sabkhahs, which are occasionally inundated by the waters of the Persian Gulf, lie in the areas around Abu Dhabi.

Bengkulu: Mount Seblat rises to an elevation of 7,818 feet (2,383 metres), and Mount Kaba reaches 6,358 feet (1,938 metres). The mountains are flanked by a strip of fertile coastal plain that is enriched from time to time by fresh deposits of ash and lava. Rivers…

numerals and numeral systems: The Hindu-Arabic system: …numerals is a note by Severus Sebokht, a bishop who lived in Mesopotamia about 650. Since he speaks of “nine signs,” the zero seems to have been unknown to him. By the close of the 8th century, however, some astronomical tables of India are said to have been translated into…

blepharitis: …is most commonly caused by seborrhea, a skin disorder arising from overactivity of the sebaceous glands, or by dysfunction of the meibomian glands. Seborrheic dermatitis, which produces scalp and eyebrow dandruff, can give rise to either anterior or posterior blepharitis. Symptoms include itching of the eye, a burning sensation in…

seborrheic dermatitis, a type of dermatitis

seborrheic dermatitis, a type of dermatitis

seborrheic dermatitis, a type of dermatitis

keratosis: Seborrheic keratosis is a benign skin tumour, ordinarily developing as a small yellow or brown, sharply marginated, slightly raised protuberance, covered by a thin greasy scale; these lesions result from an abnormal increase in the number of keratinocytes and seldom either undergo malignant changes or…

Sebou River, important river in northern Morocco, draining part of the Atlas Mountains and the Gharb coastal plain into the Atlantic Ocean. From its source as the Guigou River in the Middle Atlas (Moyen Atlas), it flows northward to Fès and then westward to the Atlantic at Mehdiya—a distance of 280

Sebring, city, seat (1921) of Highlands county, south-central Florida, U.S. The city encircles Lake Jackson and is situated about 70 miles (110 km) southeast of Tampa. Founded and laid out on a circular plan in 1911 by George E. Sebring, an Ohio ceramics manufacturer, the city is now the processing

Sharon Tate: Career: …her relationship with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, who would remain a close friend. Tate’s pivotal role in the beach farce Don’t Make Waves (1967) led to her breakthrough that same year as the starlet in Valley of the Dolls. She and Polanski married in England in 1968, and the glamorous…

Rached Ghannouchi: Role in postrevolutionary Tunisia: Beji Caid Sebsi. The coordination of the two men had decisive influence in the country’s policy making, though the aged “sheikhs” at times faced criticism for leaving out younger voices. The two fell out in late 2018 after Ghannouchi continued to support Youssef Chahed, a…

Cebuano language, member of the Western, or Indonesian, branch of the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) language family. It was spoken in the early 21st century by roughly 18.5 million people in the Philippines (speakers are spread over eastern Negros, Cebu, Bohol, western Leyte, the Camotes

Sebüktigin was the founder of the Ghaznavid dynasty, which ruled much of the area of present-day Afghanistan for more than 150 years. Once a Turkish slave, Sebüktigin married the daughter of the governor of the town of Ghazna (modern Ghaznī), which was under the control of the Sāmānid dynasty. He

human skin: Sebaceous glands: …follicles and pour their secretion, sebum, into the follicular canal. In a few areas of the body, disproportionately large sebaceous glands are associated with very small hair follicles; in other areas there are glands that are altogether free of follicles.

Southeastern Conference (SEC), American collegiate athletic association that grew out of the Southern Conference. The SEC has 16 members. The conference was formed in 1932 when its members left the 11-year-old Southern Conference, believing that it had grown too large for competitive balance. In

separation and purification: Exclusion and clathration: Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) has proved effective for the separation and analysis of mixtures of polymers. In this method the largest molecules emerge from the chromatographic column first, because they are unable to penetrate the porous matrix of the support. Smaller molecules appear later, because they…

secant, one of the six trigonometric functions, which, in a right triangle ABC, for an angle A, issec A = length of hypotenuse length of side adjacent angle A .(The other five trigonometric functions are sine [sin], cosine [cos], tangent [tan], cosecant [csc], and cotangent [cot].) From the