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The earliest trigonometry was based on chords of a circle.

A chord of length equal to the radius made a natural base quantity for measuring angles. Using the standard Babylonian sexagesimal divisions, one sixtieth of this defined a degree; while six such chords completed the full circle.

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Equilateral chord of a circle

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2007-10-10

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Jheald

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