What does SOHCAHTOA mean?

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Sine = Opposite/Hypotenuse --- SOH
Cosine = Adjacent/Hypotenus -- CAH
Tangent = Opposite/Adjacent -- TOA

It helps you to memorize the definitions of the trig ratios in terms of the sides of a right-angled triangle

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