Cotangent (Noun)
Meaning
Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The cotangent of an angle in a right-angled triangle is defined as the ratio of the length of the adjacent side to the length of the opposite side.
- In trigonometry, the cotangent function is used to calculate the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
- To find the cotangent of an angle, you need to divide the length of the adjacent side by the length of the opposite side of the right-angled triangle.
- The cotangent of 30 degrees is equal to the square root of 3, which is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side of a 30-60-90 right-angled triangle.
- The cotangent function is the reciprocal of the tangent function, and it is used to calculate the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.