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PRONUNCIATION OF ARCTAN

arctan  [ˈɑːkˌtæn] play
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WHAT DOES ARCTAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

arctan

Inverse trigonometric functions

In mathematics, the inverse trigonometric functions are the inverse functions of the trigonometric functions. Specifically, they are the inverses of the sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant functions. They are used to obtain an angle from any of the angle's trigonometric ratios. Inverse trigonometric functions are widely used in engineering, navigation, physics, and geometry.

Definition of arctan in the English dictionary

The definition of arctan in the dictionary is arctangent: the function the value of which for a given argument is the angle in radians the tangent of which is that argument: the inverse of the tangent function.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARCTAN


Bataan
bəˈtæn
caftan
ˈkæfˌtæn
coltan
ˈkɒlˌtæn
constantan
ˈkɒnstənˌtæn
cotan
ˈkəʊˌtæn
Hotan
ˈhəʊˈtæn
kaftan
ˈkæftæn
Kazakhstan
ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn
Kazakstan
ˌkɑːzɑːkˈstæn
mangostan
ˈmæŋɡəʊˌstæn
mercaptan
mɜːˈkæptæn
orang-utan
ɔːˌræŋuːˈtæn
Powhatan
ˌpaʊhəˈtæn
ratan
ræˈtæn
rattan
ræˈtæn
self-tan
ˌselfˈtæn
suntan
ˈsʌnˌtæn
syntan
ˈsɪnˌtæn
tan
tæn
Viangchan
wiːɛŋtæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCTAN

arcsine
arctangent
arctic
arctic char
arctic charr
Arctic Circle
arctic fox
arctic hare
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Ocean
arctic redpoll
arctic skua
arctic tern
arctic willow
Arctic Zone
arctically
arctiid
Arctogaea
Arctogaean
arctoid

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCTAN

Afghanistan
Bhutan
cosmopolitan
fructan
insectan
Kalimantan
Kyrgyzstan
Manhattan
metropolitan
octan
Pakistan
Satan
Spartan
sultan
Tajikistan
Tibetan
titan
Tristan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Synonyms and antonyms of arctan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «arctan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCTAN

Find out the translation of arctan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arctan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arctan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

反正切
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arctan
570 millions of speakers

English

arctan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

arctan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ظل الزاوية القوسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

агс
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arctan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

arctan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arctan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Arctan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

arctan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

逆正接関数
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아크 탄젠트
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arctan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

arctan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

arctan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आर्कटॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arctan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arctan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

arctan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

АГС
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arctan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τοξεφ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

arctan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arctan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arctan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arctan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCTAN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCTAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arctan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCTAN»

Discover the use of arctan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arctan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Geodesic Math and how to Use it
81.8698976 arctan 5/4 51.3401917 2,2 4 ,4 8,8 90.0000000 arctan /2 54.7356103 9,0 00.0000000 7.1250163 arctan arctan /32/9 62.0616473 58.4525461 9,1 arctan 1/8 /130/49 9,2 arctan 2/7 15.9453959 arctan /106/49 55.7882119 9,3 ...
Hugh Kenner, 1976
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Applied Mathematics: Body and Soul: Volume 2: Integrals and ...
32.12. Show that arctan(l) = arctan(l/2) + arctan(l/3). Try to find other rational numbers a and b such that arctan(l) = arctan(a) + arctan(6). In particular seek to find a and b as small as possible. 32.13. Combine your results from the previous two ...
Kenneth Eriksson, Donald Estep, Claes Johnson, 2004
3
Calculus of a Single Variable
In Exercises 35–38, use the series for to approximate the value, using RN 0.001. fx arctan x 34 0 36. arctan x2 dx 1 2 0 38. x2 arctan x dx 35. arctan 1 4 12 arctan x2 37. dx 0 x In Exercises 39–42, use the power series x < 1. 1 1 x n 0 xn, Find ...
Ron Larson, Bruce Edwards, 2008
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Numerical Mathematics: A Laboratory Approach
5.18 Equation {5.33} shows that rr/4 = arctan(l/2) + arctan(l/3). Setting u = l/m and v = 1/n, we get from (5.32) that 1 1 l/m + 1/n n + m arctan h arctan — = arctan = arctan m n 1 - l/(mn) ran — 1 Choosing m = 3, n = 7, we find 10 1 1 1 arctan ...
S. Breuer, G. Zwas, 1993
5
Programming for Mathematicians
A Machin formula is an equality of the form Arctan(n) = c] Arctan(l) + c2 Arctan(2) + . . .+ c„_, Arctan(n — 1 ) (9.9) where the c, are integers. An integer n is said to be decomposble if a formula of type (9.9) holds for Arctan(n). A Machin formula ...
Raymond Seroul, 2000
6
A First Course in Calculus
2 arctan u = arctan u + arctan u = arctan , = arctan - j — 011.1011 ,, 1 — u 1 — u 2u 3 arctan u = arctan u + 2 arctan u = arctan u + arctan 1 - u2 , Now let v = 2u/(1 — u2) and use the formula for arctan u + arctan v. 2. (a) Let u = 1/2 and v = 1/3 in  ...
Serge Lang, 1986
7
Modeling Decisions for Artificial Intelligence: 5th ...
... 4JV-3 4JV-4 -(JV-1) -(N-l)/2 -(N-l)/3 -1 -(N-2)/(N-l) -(N-3)/(N-l) 0 1/(JV-1) 2/(N - 1 ) (N-l)/(N-2) JV -1 (arctan(-2(JV - 1)) + tt/2)/tt (arctan(-2(JV - l)/3) - arctan(-2(JV - 1) ))/tt (arctan(-2(JV - l)/5) - arctan(-2(JV - 1)/3))/tt (arctan(-2(JV - l)/7) - arctan(-2(JV ...
Vicenç Torra, Yasuo Narukawa, 2008
8
Problems in Mathematical Analysis
arctan — = > arctan I- arctan . So, £ arctg^ = f. n=l 3.1.24. (a) Note that arctan -^ = arctan ^y — arctan -fcr, n > 1. Hence £] arctan ^ = arctan 2 + arctan 1 + arctan | = 1 7r, where the n=l last equality follows from the fact that arctan a + arctan ...
Wieslawa J. Kaczor, Maria T. Nowak
9
Mathematics Galore!
James Tanton. Pythagoras's Theorem and some algebra show that x = √ 1 + r2 = y and z = √ (1 − r)2 + (1 + r)2 = √ 2 + 2r2 = √ 2 · x. This establishes that the central triangle is a 45-9045 triangle. Thus θ = 45◦ and ( 1 − r 1 + r ) = 45◦. arctan ( r) ...
James Tanton, 2012
10
Pi - Unleashed
been discovered for the result 7r/4, especially ones in which more than two arctan expressions occur. Here is a selection: 7T 1 1 ,_ —N — = 2 arctan - + arctan - (5.17) 4 2 7 Hutton, 1776, Performance Index=3.28 = 3 arctan - + arctan — + ...
Jörg Arndt, Christoph Haenel, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCTAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arctan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Handbrake physics on a car game
To find the slip angle: I do the sum of the sideslip (arctan between velocity.y and velocity.x) , the rotation angle (arctan between angular velocity ... «GameDev.net, Nov 14»
2
The Hough Transform in Machine Vision
Using these values m = arctan(-1) = -45 degrees. The dotted green line at -45 degrees shows m is between -60 to -30 degrees. Then use the ... «Quality Magazine, Nov 14»
3
Argent Minerals Limited (ASX:ARD) Conductive Zones Detected by …
The analysis was also peer-reviewed by ARCTAN Pty Ltd, which has accumulated a detailed working knowledge of Kempfield geophysics over ... «ABN Newswire, Oct 14»
4
Argent Minerals Limited (ASX:ARD) Mag Survey Reveals Large …
The high resolution of the magnetic survey data, a first for this area, enabled ARCTAN Services Pty Ltd (ARCTAN) to perform a detailed ... «ABN Newswire, Jul 14»
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Slope's Effect on Accurate Weighing
So take 0.01 and multiply by arctan (or inverse tan if your calculator doesn't have an arctangent function). The rounded answer comes to 0.57*. «Powder Bulk Solids, Jul 14»
6
Panasonic Develops Industry-First*1 Multi-Mode Wireless …
Conventional FSK demodulators, such as Arctan demodulators, detect the operation frequency by monitoring received signals in time domain ... «Business Wire, Mar 14»
7
Simple beginner question (arctan, 2d angle stuff)
Simple beginner question (arctan, 2d angle stuff). Started by Retro Owl, Jan 11 2014 01:41 PM. Old topic! Google, the last post of this topic is over 60 days old ... «GameDev.net, Jan 14»
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A long look at Microsoft's XBox One Kinect sensor
Arctan (A-B) gives you depth information more or less for free too. The magnitude of (A-B) is called the Active image, grey-scale image that is ... «SemiAccurate, Oct 13»
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What "Retina" Really Means, and How to Tell When Your Screen Is …
DD is Distance to Display (in inches — inches cancel out now). Arctan's answer must be in degrees, then multiply by 3600 to get from arcdegrees to arcseconds. «Lifehacker, Aug 13»
10
FPMark – A benchmark for embedded FPUs
The kernels in FPMark include a mixture of general-purpose algorithms (such as Fast Fourier Transform, linear algebra, ArcTan, Fourier ... «EE Times India, Aug 13»

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