Associations to the word «Arctangent»

Wiktionary

ARCTANGENT, noun. (trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan-1

Dictionary definition

ARCTANGENT, noun. The inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number.

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