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Meanings of cotangent in inglês

russo
котангенс
português
co-tangente
espanhol
cta
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Ratio of the adjacent side of an angle in a right triangle to the angle's opposite side.

      Related terms
      co-tangente
      português
      co-tangente

      Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.

            co-tangente
            Sinônimos
            Examples for "cotan"
            Examples for "cotan"
            1
            Cotan is a province lying between north-east and east, and is eight days' journey in length.
            The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
            Usage of cotangent in inglês
            1
            He invented tools for computation, navigation and surveying, and invented the trigonometry concepts of cosine and cotangent.
            Wired
            2
            Depending on your personal relation with trigonometry, you also have Edmund Gunter to praise or curse for the words cosine and cotangent.
            Wired
            Translations for cotangent