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 that angle is the length of the triangle leg adjacent to that angle, divided by the length of the hypotenuse. Cosine is adjacent over hypotenuse. Is what follows to hypotenuse, either side or angle, catetus or angle comprehended (different from the 90 degrees angle).