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Cotangent

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cotangent: see trigonometry trigonometry [Gr.,=measurement of triangles], a specialized area of geometry concerned with the properties of and relations among the parts of a triangle. Spherical trigonometry is concerned with the study of triangles on the surface of a sphere rather than in the
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cotangent
(of an angle) a trigonometric function that in a right-angled triangle is the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to that of the opposite side; the reciprocal of tangent

cotangent [kō′tan·jənt]
(mathematics)
The reciprocal of the tangent. Denoted cot; ctn.

Cotangent 

one of the trigonometric functions; denoted by cot or ctn. The cotangent of an acute angle in a right triangle is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side.



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15,: (i) where cotan [delta] is the cotangent of the loss angle of a sample of said polyisoprene, measured at 130[degrees]C.
The sixth edition adds a section on graphing the tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions.
 
 
 
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