Definition
cotans
noun
- plural of cotan; the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle in trigonometry
Usage: mathematics; trigonometry; also written as cot or cotangent
Examples
- In trigonometry class, we calculated the cotans of several angles.
- The cotans function is the reciprocal of the tangent function.
- Students learned that cotans of 45° equals 1.
- The table showed cotans values for angles from 0° to 90°.