cot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cot"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English cotangent.

Symbol

cot

1. (trigonometry) cotangent

Usage notes

The symbol cot is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard, which explicitly deprecates the older symbol ctg.

Synonyms

• cotan
• cotg
• ctg
• ctn (obsolete)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English Caquinte with o as a placeholder.

Symbol

cot

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Caquinte.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Caquinte terms