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Cotangent

Co-tan′gent

(k?-t?n′jent)

,

Noun.

[For

co

.

tangens

, an abbrev. of L.

complementi tangens

. See

.]

(Trig.)

The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of

.

Definition 2024

cotangent

cotangent

English

Cotangent function

Noun

cotangent ‎(plural cotangents)

(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn

Translations

trigonometric function

Afrikaans: kotangens, kotangense pl
Arabic: ظِلّ اَلتَّمَام m ‎(ẓill at-tamām)
Cebuano: kaliras
Chinese:
Mandarin: 餘切, 余切 (zh) ‎(yúqiē)
Czech: kotangens (cs) m
Finnish: kotangentti
French: cotangente (fr) m
Galician: cotanxente f
German: Kotangens m
Greek: συνεφαπτομένη (el) f ‎(synefaptoméni)

Japanese: 余接 ‎(よせつ, yosetsu), コタンジェント ‎(kotanjento)
Manx: co-hanjent m
Norwegian: cotangens m
Polish: cotangens (pl) m, kotangens (pl) m
Portuguese: co-tangente (pt) f
Romanian: cotangentă (ro) f
Russian: кота́нгенс (ru) m ‎(kotángens)
Spanish: cotangente f
Swedish: cotangent (sv) c
Tagalog: katanway
Turkish: kotanjant

Swedish

Noun

cotangent c

(trigonometry) cotangent

Declension

Inflection of cotangent
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cotangent	cotangenten	cotangenter	cotangenterna
Genitive	cotangents	cotangentens	cotangenters	cotangenternas