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arc tangent

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noun Trigonometry.
  1. the angle, measured in radians, that has a tangent equal to a given number. Abbreviation: arc tan; Symbol: tan−1

Origin of arc tangent

First recorded in 1905–10
Also called inverse tangent.
arc tangent in Science

arc tangent

  1. The inverse of the tangent function.