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Vocabulary Entry
cotan
|noun • verb
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N
noun
The cotangent function in trigonometry, which is the reciprocal of the tangent function.
Example Sentences
"In the right triangle, the cotan of an angle is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side."
"To solve the equation, she used the properties of cotan to simplify her calculations."
"The cotan function is often used in calculus to find the slope of the tangent line."
V
verb
To take the cotangent of an angle or to express a trigonometric function in terms of cotangent.
Example Sentences
"You can cotan the angle to determine its properties in the triangle."
"In this problem, we need to cotan the given values to find the result."
"After carefully analyzing the triangle, I decided to cotan the angles for clarity."