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 angle you point at determines: 1  sine(x) = sin(x) = height of the screen, hanging like a sign. 2  cosine(x) = cos(x) = distance to the screen along the ground [âcosâ ~ how âcloseâ]  the hypotenuse, the distance to the top of the screen, is always the same.