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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=geometry">geometry</a>, a <b>secant</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=line_%28geometry%29">line</a> that intersects a <a href="page.php?w=curve">curve</a> at a minimum of two distinct <a href="page.php?w=Point_%28geometry%29">points</a>.The word secant comes from the <a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> word <i>secare</i>, meaning "to cut". In the case of a <a href="page.php?w=circle">circle</a>, a secant intersects the circle at exactly two points. A <a href="page.php?w=Chord_%28geometry%29">chord</a> is the <a href="page.php?w=line_segment">line segment</a></p><p>
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