If you go to Wells Fargo and apply for a home loan, for example, they will conduct a thorough examination of your credit and financial background. They do this to determine whether or not you're a good candidate for a loan. As a whole, this process is referred to as mortgage underwriting, and it has many steps.
Definition of cosine for English Language Learners. geometry : the ratio between the long side (called the hypotenuse) and the side that is next to an acute angle in a right triangle.
The cosine of a real number t is the x-coordinate of the point P in the following diagram, where | t | is the length of the arc shown. cos t = x-coordinate of the point P sin t = y-coordinate of the point P Graph of the Cosine Function. y = cos x. General Cosine Function. The generalized sine function has the following form: y = A cos[Ï(x - Î±)] + C. 1  A is the amplitude (the height of each peak above the baseline). 2  C is the vertical offset (height of the baseline). 3  P is the period or wavelength (the length of each cycle).