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Vocabulary Entry
arctangent
|noun
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noun
The angle whose tangent is a given number.
Example Sentences
"In trigonometry, the arctangent function is used to determine angles from their tangent values."
"If the tangent of an angle is 1, then the arctangent of 1 is 45 degrees."
"Calculators often have a dedicated button for calculating the arctangent."