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tanh

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  1. Symbol, Mathematics. hyperbolic tangent.
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Origin of tanh

tan(gent) + h(yperbolic)
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  • This cause of evil is Tanh, the thirst or craving for existence, pleasure and success.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)

    Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for tanh

tanh

noun
  1. hyperbolic tangent; a hyperbolic function that is the ratio of sinh to cosh
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Word Origin

C20: from tan (gent) + h (yperbolic)
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tanh in Science

tanh

  1. Abbreviation of hyperbolic tangent
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