Definition of Cotan
1. Noun. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.
Definition of Cotan
1. a trigonometric function of an angle [n -S]
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotan
Literary usage of Cotan
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1. A Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough (1888)
"eq cotan a cos y «r cotan a cos y cotan o - cotan a.' cos x + cos y ._ . cotan a
cos y > = » • • • ("• / and cotan a - cotan a _ cos x — cos y .. cotan a ..."
2. The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian: Concerning the Kingdoms and by Marco Polo (1875)
"OF A PROVINCE CALLED cotan. cotan is a province lying between north-east and
east, and is eight days' journey in length. The people are subject to the Great ..."
3. On the Construction of Iron Roofs: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise by Francis Campin (1868)
"3. cotan « <J _ ID s 39 cotan u __ •cv,,, w * 39 cotan a , Fifth „ „ = -5 + ws.
cotan a to * 41 cotan aA course precisely similar to the above may be used ..."
4. Practical and Spherical Astronomy: For the Use Chiefly of Students in the by Robert Main (1863)
"Since zr = zl — z (sup- • ; and ar = Oj =a (suppose), the equation becomes — V =
cos a 2 cotan zx Ci — li cotan z — (cr + I, cotan z) _Ci — cr— (li + lr) ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on Plane & Spherical Trigonometry: With Their by Benjamin Peirce (1861)
"1' cotan. C = -£^pj. 1 (243) and (243) may be written in the usual form of a
proportion sin. ... Therefore, by the theory of geometric progression, cotan. ..."
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