noun
- Plural of arccosine; the inverse trigonometric functions that return the angle whose cosine is a given number.
Usage: mathematics; trigonometry
Examples
- The arccosines of values between -1 and 1 produce angles measured in radians.
- In calculus, we often compute the derivatives of arccosines.
- The arccosines function is denoted as arccos(x) or cos⁻¹(x).
- Students learned to evaluate arccosines using a scientific calculator.
- The range of arccosines is typically from 0 to π radians.