"cotangent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoʊˌtænd͡ʒənt/ [US] Forms: cotangents [plural]
enPR: 'kōtănjənt [US] Etymology: co- + tangent Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|tangent}} co- + tangent Head templates: {{en-noun}} cotangent (plural cotangents)
  1. (trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn Wikipedia link: cotangent Categories (topical): Trigonometric functions, Trigonometry Derived forms: arc cotangent Translations (trigonometric function): kotangens (Afrikaans), kotangense [plural] (Afrikaans), ظِلّ اَلتَّمَام (ẓill at-tamām) [masculine] (Arabic), cotangent [feminine] (Catalan), kaliras (Cebuano), 餘切 (Chinese Mandarin), 余切 (yúqiē) (Chinese Mandarin), kotangens [masculine] (Czech), kotangentti (Finnish), cotangente [masculine] (French), cotanxente [feminine] (Galician), Kotangens [masculine] (German), συνεφαπτομένη (synefaptoméni) [feminine] (Greek), קוטנגנס (kotangens) [masculine] (Hebrew), kotangens (Hungarian), cotangente [feminine] (Italian), 余接 (yosetsu) (alt: よせつ) (Japanese), コタンジェント (kotanjento) (Japanese), កូតង់សង់ (koutɑngsɑng) (Khmer), co-hanjent [masculine] (Manx), cotangens [masculine] (Norwegian), cotangens [masculine] (Polish), kotangens [masculine] (Polish), co-tangente [feminine] (Portuguese), cotangentă [feminine] (Romanian), кота́нгенс (kotángens) [masculine] (Russian), cotangente [feminine] (Spanish), cotangent [common-gender] (Swedish), katanway (Tagalog), โคแทนเจนต์ (Thai), kotanjant (Turkish), côtang (Vietnamese)

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