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arc cotangent

American  

noun

Trigonometry.

  1. the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. arc cot cot −1

arc cotangent Scientific  

  1. The inverse of the cotangent function.

Etymology

Origin of arc cotangent

First recorded in 1905–10

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