Definition of Cotan

1. Noun. Ratio of the adjacent to the opposite side of a right-angled triangle.

Exact synonyms: Cotangent
Generic synonyms: Circular Function, Trigonometric Function

Definition of Cotan

1. a trigonometric function of an angle [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotan

cosurfactant
cosurfactants
cosustainer
cosy
cosy up
cosying
cosying up
cosyntropin
cosysop
cosysops
cot
cot-caught merger
cot-quean
cot death
cot deaths
cotan (current term)
cotangent
cotangents
cotans
cotarnine
cotch
cotchel
cotchels
cote
cote d'ivoire
coteau
coteaux
cotectic
coted

Literary usage of Cotan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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