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cotangent

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English

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cotangent

Etymology

From co- +‎ tangent.

Pronunciation

(US) enPR: 'kōtănjənt, IPA^(key): /ˈkoʊˌtænd͡ʒənt/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

cotangent (plural cotangents)

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

Derived terms

Translations

trigonometric function

Afrikaans: kotangens (af), kotangense pl
Arabic: ظِلّ اَلتَّمَام m (ẓill at-tamām)
Catalan: cotangent (ca) f
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)
Hebrew: קוטנגנס (he) m (kotangens)
Hungarian: kotangens (hu)
Italian: cotangente (it) f
Japanese: 余接 (ja) (よせつ, yosetsu), コタンジェント (ja) (kotanjento)
Khmer: កូតង់សង់ (koutɑngsɑng)
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
Thai: โคแทนเจนต์
Turkish: kotanjant
Vietnamese: côtang

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Catalan

Etymology

From co- +‎ tangent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.təɲˈʒen]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.təɲˈʒent]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.taɲˈd͡ʒent]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

cotangent f (plural cotangents)

(trigonometry) cotangent

Derived terms

arccotangent

Further reading

“cotangent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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Swedish

Noun

cotangent c

(trigonometry) cotangent

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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