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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
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cotangent

[kō′tan·jənt]
(mathematics)
The reciprocal of the tangent. Denoted cot; ctn.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

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.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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