Inverse Cotangent (Noun)
Meaning
The inverse function of the cotangent; the angle that has a cotangent equal to a given number.
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The inverse cotangent of a number is used to find the angle in a right triangle with a given ratio of adjacent to opposite side lengths.
- The calculator can compute the inverse cotangent of a number to determine the corresponding angle in radians or degrees.
- To solve the trigonometric equation, we need to take the inverse cotangent of both sides and isolate the variable.
- The range of the inverse cotangent function is restricted to the interval between 0 and π, excluding π/2.
- In computer graphics, the inverse cotangent is used to calculate the orientation of 3D objects and project them onto a 2D screen.