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Arctan
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Arctan

arctan  |  artan  |  atan   (English)

Definition (keystage 4)

An abbreviation for inverse tangent. arctan(x) or artan(x) or atan(x) means the inverse tangent of x, i.e. the number whose tangent is x.

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