cotangents
Cosines over sines
Cotangents is the plural of cotangent, a trigonometric function.
In a right triangle, the cotangent of an angle is the ratio of the adjacent side to the opposite side—the reciprocal of the tangent.
The students calculated the cotangents of various angles.
Opposite over hypotenuse
- cosineRatio in triangle math
- secantTrig ratio, 1/cos
- cosecantReciprocal of sine
- hypotenuseLongest right-triangle side
adjacent · opposite · radians · degrees · identity · periodic · function · ratio
Function's rate of change
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
- differentiationRecognizing meaningful differences
Unreached bounding curve
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- discontinuityBreak in continuity
- x-interceptWhere curve crosses horizontal
- coordinateArrange for unified action
domain · range · periodicity · amplitude · transformation · reflection · compression · stretch
Inverse of cotangent
sine
Opposite over hypotenuse
hypotenuse · adjacent · opposite · radians · degrees · identity · periodic · function · ratio · complementary
derivative
Function's rate of change
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
- limitMaximum allowed extent
- slopeAngled terrain or steepness
differentiation · antiderivative · integration · series · convergence
asymptote
Unreached bounding curve
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- discontinuityBreak in continuity
- x-interceptWhere curve crosses horizontal
coordinate · domain · range · periodicity · amplitude · transformation · reflection · compression · stretch
arccot
Inverse of cotangent