ARCTAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arctan mean? 

• ARCTAN (noun)
  The noun ARCTAN has 1 sense:

1. the inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number

  Familiarity information: ARCTAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The inverse function of the tangent; the angle that has a tangent equal to a given number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

arc tangent; arctan; arctangent; inverse tangent

Hypernyms ("arctan" is a kind of...):

circular function; trigonometric function (function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle)