Definitions
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- noun trigonometry Any of several
single-valued ormultivalued functions that are inverses of thetangent function. Symbol:arctan , tan-1
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- noun the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number
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Examples
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The arctangent is the inverse of that, and the regular
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I love that she got “arctangent” before he did, and I have every intention of looking that word up.
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This time she asks me how to divide a beggar and an arctangent.
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This time she asks me how to divide a beggar and an arctangent.
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The phase-shift of the composite waveform generated by combining sine and cosine components of the above equation can be approximated as the arctangent of β3, and can be used to estimate the timing of peak disease incidence
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Consider the range of the arctangent function to be limited to values between, but not including, -/2 rad and/2 rad.
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These are known as the hyperbolic arcsine, hyperbolic arccosine, hyperbolic arctangent, hyper - bolic arccosecant, hyperbolic arcsecant, and hyperbolic arccotangent.
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To fi nd the measure of, note that it is equal to 270 (three-quarters of a circle) minus the angle between the x axis and the vector a. The angle between the x axis and vector a is the arctangent of 4/3, or approximately 53 as determined using a calculator.
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This function returns the arctangent of the number that you give it.
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This angle is equal to the arctangent of the ratio of ya to xa: dir a ¼ a ¼ arctan ðya = xa Þ
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