ARCTANGENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number

Synonyms:

arc tangent; arctan; arctangent; inverse tangent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("arctangent" is a kind of...):

circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)

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