ARCTANGENT

Etymology

Noun

arctangent (plural arctangents)

(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan-1

Synonyms

• inverse tangent

Source: Wiktionary



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