SOH CAH TOA helps you remember the definitions of sine, cosine, and tangent based on the sides of a right triangle,

SOHCAHTOA triangle

$\sin \theta = \dfrac{\text{opposite}}{\text{hypotenuse}}\qquad$ Sine is Opposite over Hypotenuse (SOH)

$\cos \theta = \dfrac{\text{adjacent}}{\text{hypotenuse}}\qquad$ Cosine is Adjacent over Hypotenuse (CAH)

$\tan \theta = \dfrac{\text{opposite}}{\text{adjacent}}\quad\qquad$ Tangent is Opposite over Adjacent (TOA)